Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · Jun 2016
The impact of intensive care in a private hospital on patients aged 80 and over: health-related quality of life, functional status and burden versus benefit.
Greater numbers of persons aged over 80 years are admitted to intensive care units (ICU) compared with 15 years ago. Outcomes other than death such as physical dependence and cognitive impairment and treatment burden are important to older people. ⋯ We demonstrated that HRQoL and previous lifestyle is preserved in the majority following ICU admission, associated with a high level of patient valuation of the episode of care.
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Internal medicine journal · Jun 2016
Influence of food and lifestyle on the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease.
The Barwon area in Australia has one of the highest incidence rates of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and therefore is an ideal location to study the impact of environmental exposures on the disease's development. ⋯ This first Australian population-based study of environmental risk factors confirms that smoking, childhood immunological events and dietary factors play a role in IBD development; while high caffeine intake and pet ownership offer a protective effect.