Safe patient transport for COVID-19.

Crit Care

Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, 1E Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore, 119228, Singapore.

Published: March 2020

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-2828-4DOI Listing

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