Composite outcomes of chronically critically ill patients 4 months after hospital discharge

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 456-464

  Daly, Barbara J ^a   Douglas, Sara L ^a   Gordon, Nahida H ^a   Kelley, Carol G ^a   O'Toole, E ^a   Montenegro, Hugo ^a   Higgins, Patricia ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76349104532     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2009580     Document Type: Article

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