Less-obvious predictors of post-ICU informal caregiver burden.

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  • Hrishikesh S Kulkarni
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Affiliations: From the Oxford Pleural Unit (Drs Wrightson, Stanton, and Davies), Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital; North Bristol Lung Centre (Dr Maskell), Bristol University; National Institute for Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (Drs Wrightson and Davies); and School of Medicine and Pharmacology and Centre for Respiratory Research (Dr Lee), University of Western Australia and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Financial/nonfi nancial disclosures: The authors have reported to CHEST that no potential confl icts of interest exist with any companies/organizations whose products or services may be discussed in this article. Correspondence to: John M. Wrightson, MA, Oxford Pleural Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, England; e-mail: [email protected] © 2010 American College of Chest Physicians. Reproduction of this article is prohibited without written permission from the American College of Chest Physicians ( http :// www . chestpubs . org / site / misc / reprints . xhtml ). DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1350

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Chest

دوره 138 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010