A qualitative investigation of patients' and caregivers' experiences of severe sepsis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 296-307

  Gallop, Katy H ^a   Kerr, Cicely E P ^a   Nixon, Annabel ^a   Verdian, Lara ^b   Barney, Joseph B ^c   Beale, Richard J ^d  

^a ICON PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b Actelion Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Health related quality of life; Interviews; Patients; Qualitative research; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEPSIS; SEVERE SEPSIS; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEPSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925348028     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000613     Document Type: Article

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