Featured Publications
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
2023
Rehabilitation for People with Respiratory Disease and Frailty: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report
Maddocks M, Brighton L, Alison J, Beek L, Bhatt S, Brummel N, Burtin C, Cesari M, Evans R, Ferrante L, Flores-Flores O, Franssen F, Garvey C, Harrison S, Iyer A, Lahouse L, Lareau S, Lee A, Man W, Marengoni A, McAuley H, Rozenberg D, Singer J, Spruit M, Osadnik C. Rehabilitation for People with Respiratory Disease and Frailty: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2023, 20: 767-780. PMID: 37261787, PMCID: PMC10257033, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202302-129st.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsRespiratory diseasePulmonary rehabilitationOfficial American Thoracic Society Workshop ReportHome-based pulmonary rehabilitationAmerican Thoracic Society workshopPalliative care expertiseIdentification of frailtyChronic respiratory diseasesRole of rehabilitationWorse health outcomesOnward referralSymptom burdenExercise prescriptionSpecialist inputCare expertiseHealth outcomesFrailtyDiseaseAvailable evidenceRehabilitationOutcomesBasis of sensitivityWorkshop reportComprehensive assessmentComorbiditiesBetter but Not Well: Disability, Frailty, and Cognitive Impairment One Year after COVID-19 Critical Illness
Auriemma C, Ferrante L. Better but Not Well: Disability, Frailty, and Cognitive Impairment One Year after COVID-19 Critical Illness. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2023, 20: 202-203. PMID: 36723478, PMCID: PMC9989858, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202211-929ed.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
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