Quality of life, morbidity, and mortality after surgical intensive care: A follow-up study of patients treated for abdominal sepsis in the surgical intensive care unit

European Journal of Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 168, Issue 588, 2003, Pages 23-27

  Haraldsen, Pernille ^a   Andersson, Roland ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal sepsis; Long term follow up; Morbidity; Mortality; Quality of life; Surgical intensive care

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042665755     PISSN: 1102416X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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