"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 22 | 16 | 38 |
| 2021 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Surge Capacity" by people in Profiles.
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Testing surge capacity-A Canadian COVID-19 experience, Ontario's surge capacity for the first wave. Health Policy. 2021 10; 125(10):1291-1296.
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Assessment of Critical Care Surge Capacity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan. Health Secur. 2021 Sep-Oct; 19(5):479-487.
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Executive Order on Ensuring Essential Medicines-All Bark, No Bite? Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 07; 96(7):1714-1717.
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Activating the Hospital Incident Command System Response in a Community Specialty Practice: The Mayo Clinic Experience. WMJ. 2021 Jul; 120(2):137-141.
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Lessons in cognitive unloading, skills mixing, flattened hierarchy and organisational agility from the Nightingale Hospital London during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. BMJ Open Qual. 2021 07; 10(3).
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Variation in Initial U.S. Hospital Responses to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. Crit Care Med. 2021 07 01; 49(7):1038-1048.
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In the grip of SARS-CoV-2: The scientific leadership of the Colombian Instituto Nacional de Salud Biomedica. 2021 06 29; 41(2):195-200.
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A Nation-Wide Review of Elective Surgery and COVID-Surge Capacity. J Surg Res. 2021 11; 267:211-216.
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How New Mexico Leveraged a COVID-19 Case Forecasting Model to Preemptively Address the Health Care Needs of the State: Quantitative Analysis. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2021 06 09; 7(6):e27888.
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Upgrades to intensive care: The effects of COVID-19 on decision-making in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 11; 49:100-103.