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Health‐related quality of life in necrotising soft tissue infection survivors: perspective from an Australian tertiary referral centre
Author(s) -
Lu Patrick,
Angliss Margaret,
Paul Eldho,
BruscinoRaiola Frank
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/ans.16540
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , population , quality of life (healthcare) , cohort , retrospective cohort study , disease , distress , cohort study , physical therapy , surgery , family medicine , clinical psychology , nursing , environmental health
Necrotising soft tissue infections can be deadly. For those who manage to survive, it presents a large and persistent burden on both physical and mental health related quality of life.