Population burden of long-term survivorship after severe sepsis in Older Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1070-1077

  Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a,b   Cooke, Colin R ^a,c   Wunsch, Hannah ^d   Kahn, Jeremy M ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Medicare; Population health; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862201892     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03989.x     Document Type: Article

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