Protecting children from iatrogenic harm during COVID19 pandemic.

Anna Camporesi; Franco Díaz‐Rubio; Christopher L Carroll; Sebastián González‐Dambrauskas

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Protecting children from iatrogenic harm during COVID19 pandemic.

July 15, 2020

Camporesi A, Díaz‐Rubio F, Carroll CL, et al. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020;56(7):1010-1012.

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This commentary discusses changes in critical care practice as a response to COVID-19, and the potential for iatrogenic harm to children when diverting from evidence-based medicine during the pandemic crisis.

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