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Pre–Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Status, Subsequent Disability, and New Nursing Home Admission among Critically Ill Older Adults
Ferrante LE, Murphy TE, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers LS, Pisani MA, Gill TM. Pre–Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Status, Subsequent Disability, and New Nursing Home Admission among Critically Ill Older Adults. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2018, 15: 622-629. PMID: 29446993, PMCID: PMC5949607, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201709-702oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unit admissionNew nursing home admissionsNursing home admissionCare unit admissionHome admissionCritical illnessUnit admissionModerate impairmentCognitive statusCognitive impairmentOlder adultsMinimal impairmentMultivariable analysisIntensive care unit stayMini-Mental State ExaminationProspective cohort studyIll Older AdultsModerate cognitive impairmentUnit stayCohort studySecondary outcomesSubsequent disabilityPrimary outcomeMean agePrognostic information
2019
Care of the Critically Ill Older Adult
Gao C, Ferrante L. Care of the Critically Ill Older Adult. Annual Update In Intensive Care And Emergency Medicine 2019, 611-623. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-06067-1_47.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsICU admissionIntensive care unit populationOlder adultsIll Older AdultsYears of ageICU complicationsOlder patientsAdmission ratesUnit populationGreater riskPopulation agesPatientsDay careVulnerable populationsUnique populationAdmissionHigh rateCareFuture studiesAdultsAgePopulationComorbiditiesDeliriumComplications