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Relationship between preoperative geriatric frailty and need for postoperative intensive care unit admission and subsequent short- and long-term mortality.

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

What Is an Intensive Care Unit (ICU)?

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 ...
Medscape

AHA Scientific Statement on Managing Elderly in Cardiac ICU

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 ...
Medscape

ICU Adults: Sicker, More Disabled Now Than Before

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 ...
News Medical

Treating the whole patient essential for older people with cardiovascular disease

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 ...
Crain's New York Business

Mount Sinai Queens plans $27M intensive care unit to increase patient capacity

Mount Sinai is planning a new 21-bed intensive care unit at its Queens hospital, aiming to reduce patient backlogs and ...
Kaleido Scope

UAB Hospital-Highlands Emergency Department designated as first Level 1 Geriatric ED in the Southeast

“We are so honored to be able to provide this service to our geriatric patients,” said Dag Shapshak, M.D., co-director of the Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Program. “For a long time, we have had ...