Critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Hong Kong: a multicentre retrospective observational cohort study

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 119-125

  Ling, Lowell ^a   So, Christina ^b   Shum, Hoi Ping ^c   Chan, Paul KS ^a   Lai, Christopher KC ^a   Kandamby, Darshana H ^d   Ho, Eunise ^d   So, Dominic ^d   Yan, Wing Wa ^c   Lui, Grace ^a   Leung, Wai Shing ^d   Chan, Man Chun ^d   Gomersall, Charles D ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 85116235278     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: 26529335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.51893/2020.2.oa1     Document Type: Article

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