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The Association of Frailty With Post-ICU Disability, Nursing Home Admission, and Mortality A Longitudinal Study
Ferrante LE, Pisani MA, Murphy TE, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers LS, Gill TM. The Association of Frailty With Post-ICU Disability, Nursing Home Admission, and Mortality A Longitudinal Study. CHEST Journal 2018, 153: 1378-1386. PMID: 29559308, PMCID: PMC6026287, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.03.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNursing home admissionPost-ICU disabilityHome admissionCritical illnessFrailty statusGreater disabilityNew nursing home admissionsAssociation of frailtyLikelihood of deathOne-point increaseICU admissionICU survivorsICU outcomesMean agePrognostic informationPrefrailtyFried indexAdmissionFrailtyOlder personsParent cohortAnalytic sampleFunctional activityNonfrailtyDisabilityFactors Associated with Functional Recovery among Older Intensive Care Unit Survivors
Ferrante LE, Pisani MA, Murphy TE, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers LS, Gill TM. Factors Associated with Functional Recovery among Older Intensive Care Unit Survivors. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2016, 194: 299-307. PMID: 26840348, PMCID: PMC4970594, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201506-1256oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher body mass indexOlder ICU survivorsIntensive care unitBody mass indexFunctional recoveryICU survivorsICU admissionMass indexOlder Intensive Care Unit SurvivorsIntensive care unit survivorsOlder adultsPoor functional recoveryCritical illnessIndependent predictorsCare unitMultivariable analysisFunctional outcomePremorbid functionPotential predictorsVision impairmentAdmissionSurvivorsAnalytic sampleFunctional activityMonths
2021
Functional Effects of Intervening Illnesses and Injuries After Critical Illness in Older Persons
Gill TM, Han L, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers L, Murphy TE, Ferrante LE. Functional Effects of Intervening Illnesses and Injuries After Critical Illness in Older Persons. Critical Care Medicine 2021, 49: 956-966. PMID: 33497167, PMCID: PMC8140984, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004829.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overBody Mass IndexCognitionCritical IllnessEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleFrail ElderlyHealth StatusHospitalizationHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMental HealthPhysical Functional PerformanceProspective StudiesSelf EfficacySocioeconomic FactorsWounds and InjuriesConceptsEmergency department visitsCritical illnessDepartment visitsICU admissionFunctional outcomeFunctional statusFunctional declineOlder personsAdjusted hazard ratioAdverse functional outcomesCommunity-living personsTraditional risk factorsCommunity-living participantsCorresponding odds ratiosFunctional effectsProspective longitudinal studyHazard ratioRisk factorsOdds ratioHospitalizationPremorbid functionInjuryIllnessRestricted activityAnalytic sample