"Visitors to Patients" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Patients' guests and rules for visiting.
| Descriptor ID |
D014789
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.935
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| Concept/Terms |
Visitors to Patients- Visitors to Patients
- Visitors to Patient
- Patients' Visitors
- Patient Visitors
- Patient's Visitors
- Patients Visitors
- Patients' Visitor
- Visitor, Patients'
- Visitors, Patients'
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Visitors to Patients" by people in Profiles.
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Hospital Policies During COVID-19: An Analysis of Visitor Restrictions. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2022 Jan-Feb 01; 28(1):E299-E306.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 Policy Restricting Family Presence May Have Delayed End-of-Life Decisions for Critically Ill Patients. Crit Care Med. 2021 10 01; 49(10):e1037-e1039.
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Impact of different visiting policies on family satisfaction in two Spanish ICUs before and during COVID-19. Intensive Care Med. 2021 10; 47(10):1165-1166.
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Impact of visitation and cohorting policies to shield residents from covid-19 spread in care homes: an agent-based model. Am J Infect Control. 2021 09; 49(9):1105-1112.
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A Practical Approach to Hospital Visitation During a Pandemic: Responding With Compassion to Unjustified Restrictions. Am J Crit Care. 2021 07 01; 30(4):302-311.
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An environmental scan of visitation policies in Canadian intensive care units during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Can J Anaesth. 2021 10; 68(10):1474-1484.
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Managing Visitor and Patient Flow During the COVID-19 Pandemic: ExpectingU App. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 May 27; 281:53-57.
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[Impact of family restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic on the use of physical restraint in an acute hospital: An observational study]. J Healthc Qual Res. 2021 Sep-Oct; 36(5):263-268.
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Assessing Visitor Policy Exemption Requests During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatrics. 2021 08; 148(2).
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Family Presence for Critically Ill Patients During a Pandemic. Chest. 2021 08; 160(2):549-557.