Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms after acute lung injury: A 2-year prospective longitudinal study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2657-2671

  Bienvenu, O J ^a,b   Gellar, J ^a,b   Althouse, B M ^b   Colantuoni, E ^a,b   Sricharoenchai, T ^a   Mendez Tellez, P A ^a   Shanholtz, C ^c   Dennison, C R ^a,d   Pronovost, P J ^a,b   Needham, D M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; adult; epidemiology; glucocorticoids; intensive care unit; longitudinal study; post traumatic stress disorder; prospective study; respiratory distress syndrome; risk factors; sepsis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BALTIMORE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887474876     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713000214     Document Type: Article

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