Journal of Critical Care
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 125-132 , June 2006

Formation and validation of a telephone battery to assess cognitive function in acute respiratory distress syndrome survivors

  • Jason D. Christie, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel.: +1 215 573 3209; fax: +1 215 573 5235.
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  • Rosette C. (Plotkin) Biester, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Darren B. Taichman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • ,
  • William H. Shull Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Deceased.
    • ,
  • John Hansen-Flaschen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • ,
  • Judy A. Shea, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Ramona O. Hopkins, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, USA
    • Psychology Department and Neuroscience Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA

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☆ Support: the John Grim and Michael Paul ARDS Research Fund of the University of Pennsylvania, NHLBI K23 HL04243 (JC).

 Presented in part at the American Thoracic Society International Conference, May 2004, Orlando, Fla.

PII: S0883-9441(05)00199-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.11.004

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 125-132 , June 2006

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