2003
Screening for Preexisting Cognitive Impairment in Older Intensive Care Unit Patients: Use of Proxy Assessment
Pisani MA, Inouye SK, McNicoll L, Redlich CA. Screening for Preexisting Cognitive Impairment in Older Intensive Care Unit Patients: Use of Proxy Assessment. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2003, 51: 689-693. PMID: 12752846, DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2003.00215.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical intensive care unitIntensive care unitCognitive impairmentOlder intensive care unit patientsIntensive care unit patientsUrban university teaching hospitalCross-sectional comparative studyBlessed Dementia Rating ScaleDirect patient assessmentPreexisting Cognitive ImpairmentCare unit patientsUniversity Teaching HospitalPatient care decisionsDementia Rating ScaleUnit patientsICU patientsCare unitPatient assessmentPhysician recognitionTeaching hospitalHigh prevalencePatientsInformant QuestionnaireCognitive declineProxy measure
2001
PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS AT WORK
Sood A, Redlich C. PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS AT WORK. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2001, 22: 783-793. PMID: 11787665, DOI: 10.1016/s0272-5231(05)70066-6.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsLung diseaseOccupational lung disordersPulmonary function testsManagement of patientsMethacholine challenge testingOccupational lung diseaseCareful occupational historySerial PFTsSuch patientsFunction testsLung disordersPopulation of workersClinical evaluationLung volumeOccupational exposurePEF recordingsRespiratory conditionsOccupational historyChallenge testingImportant causeDisability evaluationMedical screeningOccupational settingsPatientsDisease