When is critical illness not like an asteroid strike?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 525-527

  Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a,b   Prescott, Hallie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Center for Clinical Management Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84883529940     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201306-1092ED     Document Type: Editorial

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