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. 2021 Feb;47(2):230-233.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06319-5. Epub 2020 Nov 24.

Ten reasons for focusing on the care we provide for family members of critically ill patients with COVID-19

Élie Azoulay  1 , J Randall Curtis  2 , Nancy Kentish-Barnes  3
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Ten reasons for focusing on the care we provide for family members of critically ill patients with COVID-19

Élie Azoulay et al. Intensive Care Med. 2021 Feb.
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Authors declare no conflict of interest in relation with this manuscript.

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Family visit policies at the era of COVID-19. Left side, before the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: Family presence at the bedside during a nursing care. Family visiting policies are liberal and there is no isolation. The relatives can receive daily information either in the room or in a place dedicated to family information. Right side, during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: visiting policies have been suspended and the bedside nurse wears protective personal equipment making her/him unrecognizable. The patient is undergoing prone positioning as a rescue strategy for severe hypoxemia and her/his face is imperceptible. Last, a resident is having a videoconference with the relatives
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