1999
Who Dies at Home? Determinants of Site of Death for Community‐Based Long‐Term Care Patients
Fried T, Pollack D, Drickamer M, Tinetti M. Who Dies at Home? Determinants of Site of Death for Community‐Based Long‐Term Care Patients. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 1999, 47: 25-29. PMID: 9920226, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01897.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSite of deathInpatient hospiceLong-term care patientsCommunity-based long-term care programsDependent functional statusPatients 65 yearsChronic lung diseaseCoronary artery diseaseYear of admissionCommunity-based long-term careLong-term care programsLong-term careCohort studyArtery diseaseCare patientsHome deathLung diseaseFunctional statusPatient preferencesHomecare patientsFemale genderTerminal careMAIN OUTCOMECare needsNursing homes
1996
The association between age of hospitalized patients and the delivery of advanced cardiac life support
Fried T, Miller M, Stein M, Wachtel T. The association between age of hospitalized patients and the delivery of advanced cardiac life support. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 1996, 11: 257-261. PMID: 8725973, DOI: 10.1007/bf02598264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced cardiac life supportCardiac life supportLife supportDependent functional statusIndividual patient characteristicsUrban teaching hospitalLogistic regression modelsElectromechanical dissociationRetrospective cohortHospitalized patientsPatient characteristicsAdult inpatientsCardiopulmonary arrestACLS protocolFunctional statusElectrocardiographic rhythmTeaching hospitalVentricular fibrillationNonsurvivorsBedside determinationOlder agePatientsShort trialTrialsMedical services
1995
Whether to transfer?
Fried T, Gillick M, Lipsitz L. Whether to transfer? Journal Of General Internal Medicine 1995, 10: 246-250. PMID: 7616332, DOI: 10.1007/bf02599879.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term care facilitiesDependent functional statusEpisodes of pneumoniaElevated respiratory rateRespiratory rateLTCF patientsOral antibioticsHospital transferFunctional statusElderly long-term care patientsLong-term care patientsGood markerRetrospective cohort studyPatient-related factorsNursing home residentsHebrew Rehabilitation CenterHigher respiratory rateNew infiltratesPneumonia episodesAcute illnessCohort studyCare patientsHospital therapyRespiratory signsPatient outcomes