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VOLUME 26 , ISSUE 3 ( March, 2022 ) > List of Articles

EDITORIAL

Visitors in the Intensive Care Unit in the COVID Era

Santiswaroop Pattanaik

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

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

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24160

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 30-03-2022

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2022; The Author(s).


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