Long-term survival and quality of life of patients with prolonged postoperative intensive care unit stay: Unmasking an apparent success

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 465-469

  Gaudino, Mario ^a   Girola, Fabiana ^a   Piscitelli, Mariantonietta ^a   Martinelli, Lorenzo ^b   Anselmi, Amedeo ^a   Della Vella, Carmine ^a   Schiavello, Rocco ^b   Possati, Gianfederico ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34447620284     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.04.028     Document Type: Article

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