Follow up of elderly patients after cardiac surgery and intensive care unit admission, 1991 to 1995

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1056, 1997, Pages 432-435

  McHugh, Gerard J ^a,d   Havill, Jack H ^a   Armistead, Stephen H ^b   Ullal, Ravi R ^c   Fayers, Trevor M ^c  

^a Intensive Care Unit   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Cardiac Surgery ^*

^c WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031589661     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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