Understanding and Reducing Disability in Older Adults Following Critical Illness

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1265-1275

  Brummel, Nathan E ^a   Balas, Michele C ^b   Morandi, Alessandro ^a,c,d   Ferrante, Lauren E ^e   Gill, Thomas M ^e   Ely, E Wesley ^a,f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^d Hospital Ancelle   (Italy)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; critical illness; dementia; disability; elderly; older adults; outcomes; survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; POSTCRITICAL ILLNESS DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; AGED; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84937580488     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000924     Document Type: Review

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