Consequences of visitor restriction policies in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic

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¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care, Western University, London, ON, Canada. kimia.honarmand@medportal.ca.
² Department of Medicine, Sinai Health and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Kimia Honarmand et al. Can J Anaesth. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;68(10):1465-1470.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-02048-5. Epub 2021 Jul 1.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care, Western University, London, ON, Canada. kimia.honarmand@medportal.ca.
² Department of Medicine, Sinai Health and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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An environmental scan of visitation policies in Canadian intensive care units during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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