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

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-125

  Chant, Clarence ^a,b   Wang, Alyssa ^c   Burns, Karen E A ^a,b,d   Dos Santos, Claudia C ^a,b,d   Hwang, Stephen W ^b,e   Friedrich, Jan O ^a,b,d   Smith, Orla M ^b,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 84890929140     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-3124-4     Document Type: Letter

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