Impact of a prolonged surgical critical illness on patients' families

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 459-466

  Swoboda, Sandra M ^a   Lipsett, Pamela A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURGERY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; BALTIMORE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036725721     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2002.11.5.459     Document Type: Article

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