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Development and validation of a prediction model for persistent functional impairment among older ICU survivors
Ferrante LE, Murphy TE, Leo‐Summers L, O'Leary JR, Vander Wyk B, Pisani MA, Gill TM. Development and validation of a prediction model for persistent functional impairment among older ICU survivors. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2022, 71: 188-197. PMID: 36196998, PMCID: PMC9870848, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersistent functional impairmentICU hospitalizationFunctional impairmentValidation cohortICU admissionDevelopment cohortOlder Intensive Care Unit SurvivorsIntensive care unit survivorsOlder adultsOlder ICU survivorsMonths of dischargeHigh-risk survivorsCommunity-living participantsGood calibrationHospital lengthICU survivorsCritical illnessMedian agePrior hospitalizationFunctional recoveryNational HealthProbable dementiaHospitalizationHigh riskDepressive symptomsFactors 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
2020
Home Health Rehabilitation Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries Following Critical Illness
Falvey JR, Murphy TE, Gill TM, Stevens‐Lapsley J, Ferrante LE. Home Health Rehabilitation Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries Following Critical Illness. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2020, 68: 1512-1519. PMID: 32187664, PMCID: PMC7712590, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRehabilitation visitsCritical illnessMedicare beneficiariesICU survivorsHome healthPost-acute care facilitiesIntensive care unit survivorsDays of dischargeHigher baseline disabilityAssessment Information SetPost-hospitalization periodRural settingsHome-based rehabilitationHH careHH servicesHH settingHospice transferLeast disabilityMore comorbiditiesBaseline disabilityICU stayElixhauser scoreHighest tertileRehabilitation utilizationDischarge planning