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Association of Social Isolation With Disability Burden and 1-Year Mortality Among Older Adults With Critical Illness
Falvey JR, Cohen AB, O’Leary J, Leo-Summers L, Murphy TE, Ferrante LE. Association of Social Isolation With Disability Burden and 1-Year Mortality Among Older Adults With Critical Illness. JAMA Internal Medicine 2021, 181: 1433-1439. PMID: 34491282, PMCID: PMC8424527, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCritical illnessICU hospitalizationSocial isolation scoresOlder adultsICU admissionCohort studyPrimary outcomeDisability burdenSocial isolationCommunity-dwelling older adultsGreater disability burdenIsolation scoresPost-ICU disabilityObservational cohort studyAging Trends StudyICU stayMortality cohortHospital dischargeSecondary outcomesHospital admissionMedian ageIllness severityAdverse outcomesNational HealthHospitalization dataFunctional Trajectories Among Older Persons Before and After Critical Illness
Ferrante LE, Pisani MA, Murphy TE, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers LS, Gill TM. Functional Trajectories Among Older Persons Before and After Critical Illness. JAMA Internal Medicine 2015, 175: 523-529. PMID: 25665067, PMCID: PMC4467795, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7889.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitLong-term mortalityCritical illnessICU admissionModerate disabilityOlder personsMinimal disabilitySevere disabilityFunctional trajectoriesFunctional declineEarly deathProspective cohort studyDay of admissionPersons 70 yearsGoals of careRisk of deathShort-term mortalityGreater New HavenSignificant functional declineICU lengthCohort studyHospital dischargePremorbid disabilityCare unitMechanical ventilation
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