Clinical Comparison of Post-intensive Care Syndrome and Long Coronavirus Disease

Charikleia S Vrettou1, Sarah E Jolley2, Vassiliki Mantziou1

  • 1First Department of Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, 45-47, Ipsilantou street, 106 76, Athens, Greece.

Critical Care Clinics
|November 15, 2024
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