Quality of life (QoL) in older patients (pts) with cancer and prognostic factors for QoL decline.

Geriatric conditions such as frailty and cognitive impairments may inadvertently worsen when older patients are treated in cardiac intensive care units - even as they receive excellent care for their ...

The American Heart Association issued a Scientific Statement on managing older patients in the cardiac intensive care unit (ICU). "We have issued this statement now as the population is aging and ...

Older adults being admitted to intensive care units (ICU) in the US now are older, more frail, and much more likely to have pre-existing disabilities and multimorbidities than their counterparts ...

Some people have heard of the ICU but don’t fully understand what goes on in an intensive care unit. Read on to learn more about these specialty hospital wards that help treat severe cases and provide ...

Different hospitals may use these specialized units for cardiac or critical care, which may be similar to an intensive care unit (ICU). Once you don’t need 24-hour critical or cardiac care, you will ...

When a team of scientists integrated a tool into an electronic health record platform, it improved geriatric assessments and improved clinician knowledge about the evaluations, according to a report ...