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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 activityNonfrailtyDisability
2022
Trends in Geriatric Conditions Among Older Adults Admitted to US ICUs Between 1998 and 2015
Cobert J, Jeon SY, Boscardin J, Chapman AC, Ferrante LE, Lee S, Smith AK. Trends in Geriatric Conditions Among Older Adults Admitted to US ICUs Between 1998 and 2015. CHEST Journal 2022, 161: 1555-1565. PMID: 35026299, PMCID: PMC9248079, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.12.658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICU admissionPre-existing disabilityGeriatric conditionsOlder adultsSelf-reported chronic diseasesPatients 65 yearsRate of dementiaICU patientsAdverse outcomesICU settingChronic diseasesAdjusted proportionDaily livingMultimorbidityICUAdmissionGeriatric principlesFrailtyDementiaUS ICUsFunctional measuresStudy designDisabilityAdultsTime trends
2018
The Competing Risk of Death in Longitudinal Geriatric Outcomes
Murphy TE, Gill TM, Leo‐Summers L, Gahbauer EA, Pisani MA, Ferrante LE. The Competing Risk of Death in Longitudinal Geriatric Outcomes. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2018, 67: 357-362. PMID: 30537050, PMCID: PMC6367003, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15697.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFall-related hospitalizationsRisk of deathProspective cohort studyPersons 70 yearsLong-term followPrecipitating Events ProjectCommunity-based dataLongitudinal studyGeriatric outcomesCohort studyFried phenotypeFunctional recoveryTotal disabilityOutcome eventsDaily livingClinical scenariosSecondary analysisOlder personsVision impairmentDeathBasic activitiesOutcomesDisabilityDecedentsRisk