Understanding posttraumatic stress disorder-related symptoms after critical care: The early illness amnesia hypothesis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2801-2809

  Granja, Cristina ^a,c   Gomes, Ernestina ^b   Amaro, Augusta ^a   Ribeiro, Orquídea ^c   Jones, Christina ^d   Carneiro, António ^b   Costa Pereira, Altamiro ^c  

^a HOSPITAL PEDRO HISPANO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^c Institute of Histology and Embryology   (Portugal)

^d WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Critical illness; Delusional memories; Outcome; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder related symptoms 14

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PORTUGAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVOR; WARD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APACHE; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMNESIA; APACHE; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PORTUGAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 54549116261     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318186a3e7     Document Type: Article

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