Patients with PTSD after intensive care avoid hospital contact at 2-year follow-up [1]

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 313-314

  Capuzzo, M ^a   Bertacchini, S ^b   Jones, C ^b   Griffiths, R ^b   Ambrosio, M R ^b   Bondanelli, M ^b   Alvisi, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE;

COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ITALY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 38149052860     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01558.x     Document Type: Letter

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