Featured Publications
Frailty is crucial in FORECASTing outcomes in critical care
Ferrante L, Szczeklik W. Frailty is crucial in FORECASTing outcomes in critical care. Intensive Care Medicine 2024, 50: 1119-1122. PMID: 38953928, PMCID: PMC11556853, DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07518-0.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2023
What is Frailty?
Brighton L, Lareau S, Maddocks M, Osadnik C, Lahousse L, Lee A, Allison J, Singer J, Rozenberg D, Man W, Ferrante L, Spruit M, Burtin C, Harrison S, Iyer A. What is Frailty? American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2023, 207: p5-p6. PMID: 37260228, PMCID: PMC10263127, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.207i11p5.Peer-Reviewed Educational MaterialsBetter 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
2021
Functional Effects of Intervening Illnesses and Injuries After Critical Illness in Older Persons
Gill TM, Han L, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers L, Murphy TE, Ferrante LE. Functional Effects of Intervening Illnesses and Injuries After Critical Illness in Older Persons. Critical Care Medicine 2021, 49: 956-966. PMID: 33497167, PMCID: PMC8140984, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004829.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overBody Mass IndexCognitionCritical IllnessEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleFrail ElderlyHealth StatusHospitalizationHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMental HealthPhysical Functional PerformanceProspective StudiesSelf EfficacySocioeconomic FactorsWounds and InjuriesConceptsEmergency department visitsCritical illnessDepartment visitsICU admissionFunctional outcomeFunctional statusFunctional declineOlder personsAdjusted hazard ratioAdverse functional outcomesCommunity-living personsTraditional risk factorsCommunity-living participantsCorresponding odds ratiosFunctional effectsProspective longitudinal studyHazard ratioRisk factorsOdds ratioHospitalizationPremorbid functionInjuryIllnessRestricted activityAnalytic sample
2020
Frailty in Critical Care Medicine: A Review.
De Biasio JC, Mittel AM, Mueller AL, Ferrante LE, Kim DH, Shaefi S. Frailty in Critical Care Medicine: A Review. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2020, 130: 1462-1473. PMID: 32384336, PMCID: PMC7426653, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000004665.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsFrailty syndromeCare settingsDetermination of frailtyIntensive care patientsIntensive care unitHealth care utilizationAcute care settingCritical care settingClinical risk assessmentFrailty measurement toolsCritical care medicineAge-related accumulationCare patientsFrailty measurementRisk stratificationCare unitCare utilizationClinical entityPoor outcomePoor responsePrognostic trendObservational studyFunctional declineCare medicineMultisystem dysregulation
2019
Frailty assessment in the ICU: translation to ‘real‐world' clinical practice
Falvey JR, Ferrante LE. Frailty assessment in the ICU: translation to ‘real‐world' clinical practice. Anaesthesia 2019, 74: 700-703. PMID: 30859547, PMCID: PMC6521947, DOI: 10.1111/anae.14617.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
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