Quality of life following emergency liver transplantation for acute liver failure

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 168-176

  Sargent, Suzanne ^a   Wainwright, Steven P ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Chronic liver disease; Fulminant hepatic failure; Health related quality of life; Liver transplantation; Paracetamol hepatoxicity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33747606461     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1362-1017.2006.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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