What we say to families of intensive care unit patients - do they understand?
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What we say to families of intensive care unit patients - do they understand?
Methods Prospective observational study running from 15 October 2014 to 15 March 2015. Included all patients who stayed for more than 2 days and had at least one visit in the first 5 days of ICU stay. The investigators applied three questionnaires: the representative (a relative or a friend that was designated by the patient or by the family and that was present in the first physician-family me...
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عنوان ژورنال: Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2197-425X
DOI: 10.1186/2197-425x-3-s1-a471