"There is No Easy Way to Say This…": Communication Challenges in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit

Vineeta Venkateswaran¹, Kapil Dev Soni², Anjan Trikha¹

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¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Critical and Intensive Care, JPN Apex Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 36756474
PMCID: PMC9886036
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24391

"There is No Easy Way to Say This…": Communication Challenges in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit

Vineeta Venkateswaran et al. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;27(1):80-81.

doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24391.

Authors

Vineeta Venkateswaran¹, Kapil Dev Soni², Anjan Trikha¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Critical and Intensive Care, JPN Apex Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 36756474
PMCID: PMC9886036
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24391

Abstract

How to cite this article: Venkateswaran V, Soni KD, Trikha A. "There is No Easy Way to Say This…": Communication Challenges in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit. Indian J Crit Care Med 2023;27(1):79-81.

Keywords: Communication; Coronavirus disease-2019; Intensive care unit; Mental health; Personal protective equipment; Personal protective equipment-related health problems.

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