2015
Functional 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
2000
Health, Functional, and Psychological Outcomes Among Older Persons with Chronic Dizziness
Tinetti M, Williams C, Gill T. Health, Functional, and Psychological Outcomes Among Older Persons with Chronic Dizziness. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2000, 48: 417-421. PMID: 10798469, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04700.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-rated healthChronic dizzinessDepressive symptomsInstrumental activitiesDaily livingOlder personsProspective cohort studyGoals of carePotential confounding factorsCohort studyAdverse outcomesDizzinessAge 72Clinical strategiesBaseline levelsConfounding factorsSocial disabilityDiscrete diseaseSymptomsHealth conditionsMarginal significanceHospitalizationSyncopeOutcomesPsychological outcomes