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Problems of the patients in the Intensive Care Unities: a comparative study among patients and nurses

The objective of this paper was to study the prioritary problems of the in patients of the Intensive Care Unities, according to their own perception and the nurses who care them. The problems indicated by both groups (patients and nurses) were analysed comparatively according to the nature, valuation attributed to them and influence of the degree of physical condition of the patients on this valuation.

Intensive care unities; Hospitalized patient; Problem's patient


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