Intensive care diaries reduce new onset post traumatic stress disorder following critical illness: A randomised, controlled trial

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Jones, Christina ^a,b   Bäckman, Carl ^c   Capuzzo, Maurizia ^d   Egerod, Ingrid ^e   Flaatten, Hans ^f   Granja, Cristina ^g   Rylander, Christian ^h   Griffiths, Richard D ^a,b  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g HOSPITAL PEDRO HISPANO   (Portugal)

^h SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956502448     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9260     Document Type: Article

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