Older adults in the cardiac intensive care unit: factoring geriatric syndromes in the management, prognosis, and process of care: a scientific statement from the …

AA Damluji, DE Forman, S Van Diepen, KP Alexander… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Longevity is increasing, and more adults are living to the stage of life when age-related
biological factors determine a higher likelihood of cardiovascular disease in a distinctive …

The role of nutrition rehabilitation in the recovery of survivors of critical illness: underrecognized and underappreciated

LL Moisey, JL Merriweather, JW Drover - Critical Care, 2022 - Springer
Many survivors of critical illness face significant physical and psychological disability
following discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU). They are often malnourished, a …

Multiorgan impairment in low-risk individuals with post-COVID-19 syndrome: a prospective, community-based study

A Dennis, M Wamil, J Alberts, J Oben… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To assess medium-term organ impairment in symptomatic individuals following
recovery from acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Design Baseline findings from a prospective …

[PDF][PDF] Post-intensive care syndrome and COVID-19-Implications post pandemic

M Biehl, D Sese - Cleve Clin J Med, 2020 - academia.edu
Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) describes new or worsening physical, cognitive, or
mental impairments in a patient following critical illness or intensive care. The COVID-19 …

Comprehensive care of ICU survivors: development and implementation of an ICU recovery center

CM Sevin, SL Bloom, JC Jackson, L Wang, EW Ely… - Journal of critical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To describe the design and initial implementation of an Intensive Care Unit
Recovery Center (ICU-RC) in the United States. Materials and methods A prospective …

Determinants of long-term outcome in ICU survivors: results from the FROG-ICU study

E Gayat, A Cariou, N Deye, A Vieillard-Baron, S Jaber… - Critical care, 2018 - Springer
Background Intensive care unit (ICU) survivors have reduced long-term survival compared
to the general population. Identifying parameters at ICU discharge that are associated with …

Counterbalancing work-related stress? Work engagement among intensive care professionals

MMC van Mol, MD Nijkamp, J Bakker… - Australian Critical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Working in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is increasingly complex
and is also physically, cognitively and emotionally demanding. Although the negative …

Critical illness in patients with hematologic malignancy: a population-based cohort study

BL Ferreyro, DC Scales, H Wunsch, MC Cheung… - Intensive Care …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To describe the modern incidence and predictors of ICU admission for adult
patients newly diagnosed with a hematologic malignancy. Methods We conducted a …

Qualitative, grounded theory exploration of patients' experience of early mobilisation, rehabilitation and recovery after critical illness

EJ Corner, EJ Murray, SJ Brett - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Rationale Physical rehabilitation (encompassing early mobilisation) of the critically ill patient
is recognised best practice; however, further work is needed to explore the patients' …

Sarcopenia increases risk of long-term mortality in elderly patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery

EL Rangel, AJ Rios-Diaz, JW Uyeda… - Journal of Trauma …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Frailty is associated with poor surgical outcomes in elderly patients but is
difficult to measure in the emergency setting. Sarcopenia, or the loss of lean muscle mass, is …