Acceptable long-term outcome in elderly intensive care unit patients

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Schrøder, Morten A ^a   Poulsen, Jesper Brøndum ^a   Perner, Anders ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL WORK; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960040879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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