The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences
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J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. · Oct 2014
Amount of care per survivor in young and older patients hospitalized in intensive care unit: a retrospective study.
It is unknown whether the amount of care deployed in the intensive care unit population divided by the number of survivors, that is, amount of care per survivor including the care performed for nonsurvivors, differs between patients older and younger than 75 years of age. ⋯ Elderly patients required a significantly higher care load per survivor in comparison to younger patients. This excess was mainly due to patients with low initial severity.
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J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. · Oct 2014
Functional capacity as a significant independent predictor of postoperative mortality for octogenarian ASA-III patients.
The American Society of Anesthesiology's (ASA) 6-point physical status classification remains one of the most significant predictors of perioperative morbidity and mortality and is the most widely used risk stratification tool worldwide. Its utility is significantly limited for octogenarians, however, as the majority of these patients are classified as ASA-III. Thus, for patients aged 80 or older, we hypothesized that incorporating patients' functional status, defined by the ability to perform activities of daily living independently, would improve perioperative risk stratification. ⋯ As evidenced by Kaplan-Meier and multivariate analyses, functional capacity was a significant independent predictor of mortality for ASA-III patients older than 80 years of age.