2010
Does Gender Impact Intensity of Care Provided to Older Medical Intensive Care Unit Patients?
Akgün KM, Murphy TE, Araujo KL, Van Ness PH, Pisani M. Does Gender Impact Intensity of Care Provided to Older Medical Intensive Care Unit Patients? Critical Care Research And Practice 2010, 2010: 404608. PMID: 20981259, PMCID: PMC2964007, DOI: 10.1155/2010/404608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedical intensive care unitTISS-28 scoresMICU interventionMICU patientsMICU admissionTISS-28Medical intensive care unit patientsTherapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28Intensive care unit patientsUrban university teaching hospitalAggressive critical careChronic respiratory failureCare unit patientsIntensive care unitUniversity Teaching HospitalCritical care literatureEquivalence of careLevel of careRespiratory failureProspective cohortUnit patientsPrimary outcomeCare unitTeaching hospitalCritical care
2009
Benzodiazepine and opioid use and the duration of intensive care unit delirium in an older population*
Pisani MA, Murphy TE, Araujo KL, Slattum P, Van Ness PH, Inouye SK. Benzodiazepine and opioid use and the duration of intensive care unit delirium in an older population*. Critical Care Medicine 2009, 37: 177-183. PMID: 19050611, PMCID: PMC2700732, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e318192fcf9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModifiable risk factorsICU deliriumDelirium durationOpioid useRisk factorsFirst episodeMedical intensive care unit patientsIntensive care unit deliriumMedical intensive care unitIntensive care unit patientsUrban university teaching hospitalConfusion Assessment MethodProspective cohort studyCare unit patientsSeverity of illnessIntensive care unitUniversity Teaching HospitalMain outcome measuresUse of benzodiazepinesChart review methodMultivariable regression modelsImpact of benzodiazepinesCohort studyMedian durationUnit patients
2007
Characteristics Associated With Delirium in Older Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit
Pisani MA, Murphy TE, Van Ness PH, Araujo KL, Inouye SK. Characteristics Associated With Delirium in Older Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit. JAMA Internal Medicine 2007, 167: 1629-1634. PMID: 17698685, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.15.1629.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdmission risk factorsMedical record reviewIntensive care unitICU admissionRisk factorsOlder patientsRecord reviewCare unitMedical intensive care unitUrban university teaching hospitalOlder ICU patientsReceipt of benzodiazepinesConfusion Assessment MethodPatients 60 yearsProspective cohort studyLower arterial pHUniversity Teaching HospitalMain outcome measuresMultivariate logistic regressionDelirium durationICU deliriumCohort studyCreatinine levelsICU patientsArterial pH
2005
Short-term outcomes in older intensive care unit patients with dementia*
Pisani MA, Redlich CA, McNicoll L, Ely EW, Friedkin RJ, Inouye SK. Short-term outcomes in older intensive care unit patients with dementia*. Critical Care Medicine 2005, 33: 1371-1376. PMID: 15942358, DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000165558.83676.48.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICU interventionsOlder patientsModerate-severe dementiaPatient ageCode statusMortality rateChronic Health Evaluation II scoreOlder intensive care unit patientsProspective observational cohort studyIntensive care unit careIntensive care unit patientsUrban university teaching hospitalShort-term mortality rateBlessed Dementia Rating ScaleHigher Acute PhysiologyHospital mortality rateObservational cohort studyCare unit patientsMedical record abstractionShort-term outcomesUniversity Teaching HospitalDementia Rating ScaleImpact of dementiaAcute PhysiologyHospital lengthDetection of Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: Comparison of Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit with Confusion Assessment Method Ratings
McNicoll L, Pisani MA, Ely EW, Gifford D, Inouye SK. Detection of Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: Comparison of Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit with Confusion Assessment Method Ratings. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2005, 53: 495-500. PMID: 15743296, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53171.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConfusion Assessment MethodIntensive care unitCAM-ICUICU patientsCare unitMini-Mental State ExaminationCAM-ICU methodFalse-negative ratingsOlder ICU patientsRate of deliriumDetection of deliriumUniversity Teaching HospitalCAM methodsDetailed cognitive testingLevel of consciousnessMedical ICUTeaching hospitalInterrater reliability testingState ExaminationPatientsDeliriumCAM criteriaMore deficitsCognitive testingICU
2003
Underrecognition of Preexisting Cognitive Impairment by Physicians in Older ICU Patients
Pisani MA, Redlich C, McNicoll L, Ely EW, Inouye SK. Underrecognition of Preexisting Cognitive Impairment by Physicians in Older ICU Patients. CHEST Journal 2003, 124: 2267-2274. PMID: 14665510, DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.6.2267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder ICU patientsCognitive impairmentICU patientsPhysician recognitionUrban university teaching hospitalCross-sectional comparative studyBlessed Dementia Rating ScalePreexisting Cognitive ImpairmentIndependent risk factorMedical record abstractionUniversity Teaching HospitalCognitive impairment increasesDementia Rating ScaleMajority of casesMedical ICUPatient factorsRecord abstractionICU physiciansIntensive carePhysician interviewsRisk factorsTeaching hospitalSerious illnessICUInformant QuestionnaireDelirium in the Intensive Care Unit: Occurrence and Clinical Course in Older Patients
McNicoll L, Pisani MA, Zhang Y, Ely EW, Siegel MD, Inouye SK. Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: Occurrence and Clinical Course in Older Patients. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2003, 51: 591-598. PMID: 12752832, DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2003.00201.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConfusion Assessment MethodOccurrence of deliriumPost-ICU periodICU stayMedical intensive care unit patientsIntensive care unit patientsOlder ICU patientsDevelopment of deliriumHalf of patientsProspective cohort studyCare unit patientsMedical chart reviewNormal mental statusBaseline functional statusSeverity of illnessIntensive care unitUniversity Teaching HospitalSurrogate interviewsHospital stayBaseline characteristicsChart reviewCohort studyFrequent complicationMedical ICUOlder patientsScreening for Preexisting Cognitive Impairment in Older Intensive Care Unit Patients: Use of Proxy Assessment
Pisani MA, Inouye SK, McNicoll L, Redlich CA. Screening for Preexisting Cognitive Impairment in Older Intensive Care Unit Patients: Use of Proxy Assessment. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2003, 51: 689-693. PMID: 12752846, DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2003.00215.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical intensive care unitIntensive care unitCognitive impairmentOlder intensive care unit patientsIntensive care unit patientsUrban university teaching hospitalCross-sectional comparative studyBlessed Dementia Rating ScaleDirect patient assessmentPreexisting Cognitive ImpairmentCare unit patientsUniversity Teaching HospitalPatient care decisionsDementia Rating ScaleUnit patientsICU patientsCare unitPatient assessmentPhysician recognitionTeaching hospitalHigh prevalencePatientsInformant QuestionnaireCognitive declineProxy measure