Browsing HMS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "aged"
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Benzodiazepine and Opioid Use and the Duration of Intensive Care Unit Delirium in an Older Population*
(Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2009)Objective: There is a high prevalence of delirium in older medical intensive care unit (ICU) patients and delirium is associated with adverse outcomes. We need to identify modifiable risk factors for delirium, such as ... -
Burden of illness score for elderly persons (BISEP): Risk adjustment incorporating the cumulative impact of diseases, physiologic abnormalities and functional impairments.
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., 2003)Background/Objectives. To develop and validate a new risk adjustment index-the Burden of Illness Score for Elderly Persons (BISEP)-which integrates multiple domains, including diseases, physiologic abnormalities, and ... -
Delirium Severity Post-Surgery and its Relationship with Long-Term Cognitive Decline in a Cohort of Patients without Dementia
(IOS Press, 2017)Background: Delirium has been associated with more rapid cognitive decline. However, it is unknown whether increased delirium severity is associated with a higher rate of long-term cognitive decline. Objective: To evaluate ... -
Delirium: An Independent Predictor of Functional Decline After Cardiac Surgery
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)OBJECTIVES: To determine whether patients who developed delirium after cardiac surgery were at risk of functional decline. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Two academic hospitals and a Veterans Affairs ... -
Effects of a Modified Hospital Elder Life Program on Frailty in Individuals Undergoing Major Elective Abdominal Surgery
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014)Objectives To test the effects of a modified Hospital Elder Life Program (mHELP) on frailty. Design Matched and unmatched analyses of data from a before-and-after study. Setting Hospital, inpatient. Par ... -
Improving Sedative-Hypnotic Prescribing in Older Hospitalized Patients: Provider-Perceived Benefits and Barriers of a Computer-Based Reminder
(Springer-Verlag, 2007)Background: Older adults are commonly prescribed sedative-hypnotic (SH) medications when hospitalized, yet these drugs are associated with important adverse effects such as falls and delirium. Objective: To identify ... -
Perceived Impact of Diabetes Genetic Risk Testing Among Patients at High Phenotypic Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
(American Diabetes Association, 2011)Objective: Rapid advances in diabetes genetic epidemiology may lead to a new era of “personalized medicine” based on individual genetic risk assessment. There is minimal experience to guide how best to clinically implement ... -
Short-Term Outcomes in Older Intensive Care Unit Patients With Dementia*
(Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2005)Objective: To determine the impact of dementia on the outcomes of intensive care unit (ICU) care and use of ICU interventions among older patients. Design: Prospective observational cohort study. Setting: Urban university ...