A fate worse than death? Long-term outcome of trauma patients admitted to the surgical intensive care unit

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 341-348

  Livingston, David H ^a,b   Tripp, Tovah ^a   Biggs, Carina ^a   Lavery, Robert F ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Outcomes; Quality of life; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69349105078     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181a5cc34     Document Type: Article

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