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ICU experience for patients’ relatives: is information all that matters?

Discussion on “A family information brochure and dedicated website to improve the ICU experience for patients’ relatives: an Italian multicenter before-and-after study”

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  1. Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev str., bl. 23, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Vaitsa Giannouli

  2. Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Giovanni Mistraletti

  3. SC Anestesia e Rianimazione, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Ospedale San Paolo-Polo Universitario, Milan, Italy

    Giovanni Mistraletti & Michele Umbrello

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Giannouli, V., Mistraletti, G. & Umbrello, M. ICU experience for patients’ relatives: is information all that matters?. Intensive Care Med 43, 722–723 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4723-2

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