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Editorial
. 2022 Mar;26(3):251-252.
doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24160.

Visitors in the Intensive Care Unit in the COVID Era

Farhad Nahni Kapadia  1 , Santiswaroop Pattanaik  1
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Editorial

Visitors in the Intensive Care Unit in the COVID Era

Farhad Nahni Kapadia et al. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Kapadia FN, Pattanaik S. Visitors in the Intensive Care Unit in the COVID Era. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(3):251-252.

Keywords: Visitation in intensive care unit; Visiting policy; Visitors to patients.

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