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. 2022 Jan 6;58(1):82.
doi: 10.3390/medicina58010082.

Comment on Ramos-Rincon et al. Palliative Sedation in COVID-19 End-of-Life Care. Retrospective Cohort Study. Medicina 2021, 57, 873

Robert Geoffrey Twycross  1 , Aaron Kee Yee Wong  2 , Bella Vivat  3
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Comment on Ramos-Rincon et al. Palliative Sedation in COVID-19 End-of-Life Care. Retrospective Cohort Study. Medicina 2021, 57, 873

Robert Geoffrey Twycross et al. Medicina (Kaunas). .

Abstract

We read with interest the article by Ramos-Rincon and colleagues about patients with COVID-19 dying in acute medical wards in a Spanish University hospital [...].

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  • Medicina (Kaunas). 57:873.

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