American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
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Multicenter Study
Factors Associated With Home Visits in a 5-Year Study of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Survivors.
Participant retention is vital for longitudinal studies. Home visits may increase retention, but little is known about the subset of patients they benefit. ⋯ Home visits were important for retaining older and more physically impaired study participants, helping reduce selection bias caused by excluding them.
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Dexterity is a component of motor function. Executive function, a subdomain of cognition, may affect dexterity in older adults recovering from critical illness after discharge from an intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ Poor executive function is associated with worse dexterity; thus, dexterity may be a correlate of both post-ICU cognitive impairment and functional decline. Performance on dexterity tests could identify frail older ICU survivors at risk for worse discharge outcomes.
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Although clinical care is multidisciplinary, intensive care unit research commonly focuses on single-discipline themes. We sought to characterize intensive care unit research conducted by physicians and nurses. ⋯ Physician research and nurse research differ in several important aspects and tend to occur within silos. Increased interprofessional collaboration is possible and worthwhile.