Functional Status and Older Age

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Date
2022-08-04
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Lone, Nazir I.
Salisbury, Lisa
Anand, Atul
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Lone, N.I., Salisbury, L. and Anand, A. (2022) ‘Functional status and older age’, in H. Flaatten, B. Guidet, and H. Vallet (eds) The Very Old Critically Ill Patients. Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 199–218. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94133-8_13.
Abstract
1. To understand the changes in functional status associated with normal ageing, and risk factors of change in functional status. 2. To compare instruments used to measure functional status in older people, and their specific application in the ICU setting. 3. To evaluate the literature relating to functional status and its impact on ICU triage and outcomes for older adults admitted to intensive care.
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https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/12762
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94133-8_13
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