Symptom experiences of family members of intensive care unit patients at high risk for dying

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1078-1085

  McAdam, Jennifer L ^a   Dracup, Kathleen A ^b   White, Douglas B ^c   Fontaine, Dorothy K ^d   Puntillo, Kathleen A ^b  

^a DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Critical care; Depression; End of life care; Family experiences; Symptoms; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; VENTILATED PATIENT;

EID: 77950290239     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181cf6d94     Document Type: Article

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