Factors Associated With Days Away From Home in the Year After Major Surgery Among Community-living Older Persons
Gill TM, Becher RD, Murphy TE, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers L, Han L. Factors Associated With Days Away From Home in the Year After Major Surgery Among Community-living Older Persons. Annals Of Surgery 2022, 278: e13-e19. PMID: 35837967, PMCID: PMC9840715, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care facilitiesMajor surgeryAge 85 yearsCare facilitiesOlder personsRisk factorsNumber of daysLower peak expiratory flowCommunity-living older personsShort Physical Performance BatteryIndependent risk factorCommunity-living personsPhysical Performance BatteryPeak expiratory flowCandidate risk factorsQuality of lifeHospital dischargeMultivariable analysisExpiratory flowMedian numberPerformance BatteryMusculoskeletal surgerySurgeryMean differenceHospitalGeriatric vulnerability and the burden of disability after major surgery
Gill TM, Murphy TE, Gahbauer EA, Leo‐Summers L, Becher RD. Geriatric vulnerability and the burden of disability after major surgery. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2022, 70: 1471-1480. PMID: 35199332, PMCID: PMC9106872, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBurden of disabilityMajor surgeryGeriatric vulnerabilitiesHospital dischargeElective surgeryFunctional outcomeLong-term functional outcomeStrong epidemiologic evidenceCommunity-living personsPoor functional outcomeNon-elective surgeryProspective longitudinal studyAdditional vulnerability factorVulnerability factorsMultivariable analysisEpidemiologic evidenceSurgery increasesBlack raceDisability burdenFemale sexMore disabilityAge 85Hispanic ethnicitySurgeryOlder persons