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Waiting rooms and facilities available to patients' families and visitors in Italian pediatric ICUs: a national survey

Authors: A Giannini, G Miccinesi, C Montani, S Leoncino

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2009

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Families of critically ill patients spend a considerable amount of time in hospital, both beside their loved ones in the ICU and outside the unit waiting to visit them or to receive news. No published data are available to date on the provision of waiting rooms in Italy's pediatric ICUs (PICUs) and on the facilities available to patients' families and visitors. We investigated these aspects in the course of a national survey concerning visiting policies in Italian PICUs. …

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Title: Waiting rooms and facilities available to patients' families and visitors in Italian pediatric ICUs: a national survey
Authors: A Giannini
G Miccinesi
C Montani
S Leoncino
Publication date: 01-03-2009
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc7650

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