- ►oxfordjournals.org [PDF] H Kehlet - British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1997 - British Jrnl Anaesthesia Summary Major surgery is still associated with undesirable sequelae such as pain,
cardiopulmonary, infective and thromboembolic complications, cerebral dys- function, nausea
and gastrointestinal paralysis, fatigue and prolonged convalescence. The key pathogenic ... Cited by 602 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
CS Landefeld, RM Palmer, DM Kresevic, RH … - The New England …, 1995 - nejm.highwire.org Methods We studied 651 patients 70 years of age or older who were admitted for general medical
care at a teaching hospital; these patients were randomly assigned to receive usual care or to
be cared for in a special unit designed to help older persons maintain or achieve ... Cited by 364 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►partnershipforsolutions.org [PDF] JL Wolff, B Starfield, G Anderson - Archives of Internal Medicine, 2002 - Am Med Assoc Methods A cross-sectional analysis was conducted on a nationally random sample of 1 217 103
Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 and older living in the United States and enrolled
in both Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B during 1999. Multiple logistic regression ... Cited by 356 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
SK Inouye, MJ Schlesinger, TJ Lydon - The American journal of medicine, 1999 - Elsevier Delirium, or acute confusional state, which often results from hospital-related complications or
inadequate hospital care for older patients, can serve as a marker of the quality of hospital
care. By reviewing five pathways that can lead to a greater incidence of delirium— ... Cited by 212 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] KE Covinsky, E Kahana, MH Chin, RM … - Annals of Internal …, 1999 - Am Coll Physicians Kenneth E. Covinsky, MD, MPH; Eva Kahana, PhD; Marshall H. Chin, MD, MPH; Robert M.
Palmer, MD, MPH; Richard H. Fortinsky, PhD; and C. Seth Landefeld, MD ... Background: Depressive
symptoms are common in hos- pitalized older persons. However, their relation to long- ... Cited by 190 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] LC Walter, RJ Brand, SR Counsell, RM Palmer, CS … - Jama, 2001 - Am Med Assoc You are seeing this message because your Web browser does not support basic Web
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your experience on this site better. ... Context For many elderly patients, an acute medical ... Cited by 190 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
MA Sager, T Franke, SK Inouye, CS … - Archives of Internal …, 1996 - archinte.highwire.org Methods: A total of 1279 community-dwelling pa- tients, aged 70 years and older, hospitalized
for acute medical illness were enrolled in this multicenter, pro- spective cohort study. Functional
measurements ob- tained at discharge (Activities of Daily Living) and at 3 months after ... Cited by 184 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
RR Muder - The American journal of medicine, 1998 - Elsevier Pneumonia is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among patients in long-term care
facilities; the median reported incidence is 1 per 1,000 patient-days. Risk factors include functional
dependency, chronic pulmonary disease, and conditions causing aspiration. The ... Cited by 170 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
ER Marcantonio, L Goldman, EJ Orav, EF Cook, TH … - The American journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier PATIENTS AND METHODS: We studied 1,341 patients 50 years of age and older admitted for
major elective noncardiac surgery at an academic medical center. Data on route of
anesthesia, intraoperative hypotension, bradycardia and tachycardia, blood loss, number ... Cited by 157 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
KE Covinsky, RM Palmer, RH Fortinsky, … - Journal of the …, 2003 - interscience.wiley.com *Division of Geriatrics, † Institute on Health and Aging, University of California at San
Francisco, San Francisco, California; ‡ San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco,
California; § Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, ... Cited by 162 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
