Recently, the Dutch Medical Doctors Association (Federatie Medisch Specialisten en de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Maatschappij tot bevordering der Geneeskunst) drafted the ‘Covid-19 triage guideline ICU admission’ that has age cut-offs that deprioritise or exclude the elderly. Such an age limit for intensive care unit (ICU) admission in case of a national emergency seems discriminatory, and thus, is it inappropriate to use, or not? The question is whether age in itself can be considered as an acceptable selection criterion.

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看法。荷兰关于Covid-19的重症监护分类指南：不必歧视

最近，荷兰医学医师协会（Federatie Medisch Specialisten en de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Maatschappij to Geneneskunst）起草了“ Covid-19分诊ICU入院指南”，该指南的年龄已过低，这优先考虑或排斥老年人。在发生国家紧急情况时，这样的重症监护病房（ICU）入院年龄限制似乎具有歧视性，因此，使用它是否不合适？问题是年龄本身是否可以被视为可接受的选择标准。