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cord-273737-t6j3leec	Poeran, Jashvant	Cancellation of Elective Surgery and Intensive Care Unit Capacity in New York State: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis	2020-06-30		.txt	text/plain	2279	132	53	BACKGROUND: In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, New York State ordered the suspension of all elective surgeries to increase intensive care unit (ICU) bed capacity. Descriptions of ICU utilization and mechanical ventilation were stratified by admission type (elective surgery, emergent/urgent/trauma surgery, and medical admissions) and by geographic location (New York metropolitan region versus the rest of New York State). In NYC, 221,970 patients required an ICU stay with mechanical ventilation (Table 3) ; 12,726 of those patients were admitted after elective surgery (12,726/221,970 = 5.7%), versus emergent/urgent/trauma surgery (n = 75,334) and medical reasons (n=133,910). While suspending elective surgeries clearly increases hospital (non-ICU) bed capacity, our analysis suggests a limited impact on ICU resource allocation, especially in the context of the much larger share of ICU admissions due to emergent/urgent/trauma surgery and medical etiologies.	./cache/cord-273737-t6j3leec.txt	./txt/cord-273737-t6j3leec.txt