Health-related quality of life after prolonged pediatric intensive care unit stay

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-44

  Conlon, Niamh P ^a   Breatnach, Cormac ^a   O'Hare, Brendan P ^a   Mannion, David W ^a   Lyons, Barry J ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Long stay; Outcome; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349196176     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31819371f6     Document Type: Article

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