The lived experiences of adult intensive care patients who were conscious during mechanical ventilation: A phenomenological-hermeneutic study

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-15

  Karlsson, Veronika ^a,b   Bergbom, Ingegerd ^a   Forsberg, Anna ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Intensive Care Unit   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conscious adult patient; Lived experience; Mechanical ventilation; Phenomenological hermeneutic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856005432     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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