Life after near death: Long-term outcomes of emergency department thoracotomy survivors

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1315-1320

  Keller, Deborah ^a   Kulp, Heather ^b   Maher, Zoe ^c   Santora, Thomas A ^c   Goldberg, Amy J ^c   Seamon, Mark J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department thoracotomy; long term outcomes; quality of life.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIVILIAN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COMATOSE PATIENT; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THORACOTOMY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURING SCORING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE; LIFE AFTER NEAR DEATH; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION CARE; SCREENING TEST; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX; SURVIVOR; THORACOTOMY; TIME GET UP AND GO TEST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVORS; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84877016057     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31828c3db4     Document Type: Article

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