Long-term health-related quality of life in survivors of sepsis. Short Form 36: A valid and reliable measure of health-related quality of life

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3599-3605

  Heyland, Daren K ^a,b   Hopman, Wilma ^a   Coo, Helen ^a   Tranmer, Joan ^b   McColl, Mary Ann ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical care; Economics; Follow up studies; Health status measurements; Intensive care units; Prognosis; Program evaluation; Quality of life; Review; Utilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033710233     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200011000-00006     Document Type: Article

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