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Functional Independence Measure score is associated with mortality in critically ill elderly patients admitted to an intermediate care unit

ContributorsD'Andrea, Alexia; Le Peillet, Damien; Fassier, Thomasorcid; Prendki, Virginieorcid; Trombert, Véronique Florence; Reny, Jean-Lucorcid; Roux, Xavier
Published inBMC Geriatrics, vol. 20, no. 1, 334
Publication date2020
Abstract

Age alone is not a robust predictor of mortality in critically ill elderly patients. Chronic health status and functional status before admission could be better predictors. This study aimed to determine whether functional status, assessed using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), could be an independent predictor of mortality in a geriatric population admitted to an intermediate care unit (IMCU).

Keywords
  • Functional status
  • Intermediate care unit
  • Mortality
  • Elderly patients
  • Functional Independence measure
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D’ANDREA, Alexia et al. Functional Independence Measure score is associated with mortality in critically ill elderly patients admitted to an intermediate care unit. In: BMC Geriatrics, 2020, vol. 20, n° 1, p. 334. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01729-y
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Additional URL for this publicationhttps://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-020-01729-y
Journal ISSN1471-2318
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