Health-related quality of life: An outcome variable in critical care survivors

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 339-341

  Azoulay, Élie ^a   Kentish Barnes, Nancy ^a   Pochard, Frédéric ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; COGNITION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

EID: 39449086122     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-2547     Document Type: Editorial

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