Analysis of quality of life in polytraumatized patients two years after discharge from an intensive care unit

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 326-332

  Vazquez Mata, G ^a   Rivera Fernandez, R ^a   Perez Aragon, A ^a   Gonzalez Carmona, A ^b   Fernandez Mondejar, E ^a   Navarrete Navarro, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aged; Follow up studies; Head injury; Health status; Intensive care; Outcome and process assessment (health care); Prospective studies; Quality of life; Severity of illness index; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346221341     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199608000-00022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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