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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 1/2014

01-01-2014 | Letter

Critical illness in homeless persons is poorly studied: a systematic review of the literature

Authors: Clarence Chant, Alyssa Wang, Karen E. A. Burns, Claudia C. dos Santos, Stephen W. Hwang, Jan O. Friedrich, Orla M. Smith

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 1/2014

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People who are homeless are a marginalized population who frequently present to hospital in advanced disease states with serious and potentially life-threatening illness. We reviewed the literature on critical illness in homeless persons by systematically searching Medline, HealthStar, EMBASE, and CINAHL databases from inception to July 2012 without language restriction (see Electronic Supplementary Material for search strategy). We reviewed, in duplicate using standardized forms, potentially relevant studies as well as bibliographies of included studies. …
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Metadata
Title
Critical illness in homeless persons is poorly studied: a systematic review of the literature
Authors
Clarence Chant
Alyssa Wang
Karen E. A. Burns
Claudia C. dos Santos
Stephen W. Hwang
Jan O. Friedrich
Orla M. Smith
Publication date
01-01-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-3124-4

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