 Surge Capacity
"Surge Capacity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A health care system's ability to rapidly mobilize to meet an increased demand, to rapidly expand beyond normal services levels to meet the increased demand in the event of large-scale DISASTERS or public health emergencies.
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D055872
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.300.450.760
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| Concept/Terms |
Surge Capacity- Surge Capacity
- Capacities, Surge
- Capacity, Surge
- Surge Capacities
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Surge Capacity" by people in Profiles.
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Dichter JR, Devereaux AV, Sprung CL, Mukherjee V, Persoff J, Baum KD, Ornoff D, Uppal A, Hossain T, Henry KN, Ghazipura M, Bowden KR, Feldman HJ, Hamele MT, Burry LD, Martland AMO, Huffines M, Tosh PK, Downar J, Hick JL, Christian MD, Maves RC. Mass Critical Care Surge Response During COVID-19: Implementation of Contingency Strategies - A Preliminary Report of Findings From the Task Force for Mass Critical Care. Chest. 2022 02; 161(2):429-447.
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Wilkinson E, Jetty A, Petterson S, Jabbarpour Y, Westfall JM. Primary Care's Historic Role in Vaccination and Potential Role in COVID-19 Immunization Programs. Ann Fam Med. 2021 Jul-Aug; 19(4):351-355.
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Coleman JR, Burlew CC, Platnick KB, Campion E, Pieracci F, Lawless R, Werner N, Coleman J, Hoehn M, Moore EE, Cohen MJ. Maintaining Trauma Care Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Urban, Level-1 Trauma Center's Experience. Ann Surg. 2020 08; 272(2):e58-e60.
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Chung S, Baum CR, Nyquist AC. Chemical-Biological Terrorism and Its Impact on Children. Pediatrics. 2020 02; 145(2).
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Pagel C, Ramnarayan P, Ray S, Peters MJ. A Novel Method to Identify the Start and End of the Winter Surge in Demand for Pediatric Intensive Care in Real Time. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 Nov; 16(9):821-7.
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Bookman K, Zane R. Expedited electronic entry: a new way to manage mass-casualty radiology order workflow. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2013 Aug; 28(4):391-2.
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Soremekun OA, Zane RD, Walls A, Allen MB, Seefeld KJ, Pallin DJ. Cancellation of scheduled procedures as a mechanism to generate hospital bed surge capacity-a pilot study. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2011 Jun; 26(3):224-9.
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