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Older patients and critical illness

  1. We are examining the prevalence of delirium on PTSD in an older patient population.
  2. We are also examining drug trajectories over nursing shifts in critically ill patients.
  3. We are looking at the impact of race and intensity of care in older ICU patients
  4. We are examining the impact of SIRS and sepsis in older ICU patients
  5. Studying the impact of a rapid response call on older patients and their subsequent outcomes.

Publications

Pisani MA, Murphy TE, Araujo KLD, Van Ness PH. Psychoactive medications and the duration of delirium in an ICU population. American Thoracic Society AJRCCM April 2007 175:A21.
Pisani MA, Murphy TE, Van Ness PH, Araujo KLB, Inouye SK. Characteristics associated with delirium in patients in a medical intensive care unit. American Thoracic Society AJRCCM April 2007 175:A786.
Pisani MA, Van Ness PH, Araujo KLB, Murphy TE. Risk factors for delirium persistence after ICU discharge in an older medical population. AJRCCM April 2008 177:A987.
Akgun KM, Araujo KLB, Siner JM, Pisani MA. Association between ICU Delirium and Serum IL-6 Levels. AJRCCM April 2008 177:A987.
Akgun KM, Araujo KLB, Murphy TE, Pisani MA. Gender Differences in Medical Intensive Care Unit Patients. AJRCCM April 2008 177:A634.
Vest M. Araujo KLB, Murphy TE, Pisani MA. Disabilities in activities of daily living and quality of life among older medical ICU survivors. Oral Presentation AJRCCM May 2010 A5358.
Bramley K, Vest M, Araujo KLB, Murphy TE, Pisani MA. Sedative, narcotic and haloperidol drug dosing by nursing shift in a medical ICU. AJRCCM May 2010 A4549.
Mathur A, Pisani MA, Araujo KLB, Trow T. Risk factors for MICU admission in patients with pulmonary hypertension. ACCP November 2010.
Panico M, Jenq G, Honiden S, Araujo KLB, Pisani MA. Outcomes following a rapid response and the impact on transfer to the intensive care unit. AJRCCM May 2011.