Disability among elderly survivors of mechanical ventilation.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Studies of long-term functional outcomes of elderly survivors of mechanical ventilation (MV) are limited to local samples and biased retrospective, proxy-reported preadmission functional status.

Objectives

To assess the impact on disability of hospitalization with MV, compared with hospitalization without MV, accounting for prospectively assessed prior functional status.

Methods

Retrospective population-based longitudinal cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older enrolled in the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 1996-2003.

Measurements and main results

Premeasures and postmeasures of disability included mobility difficulty and weighted activities of daily living disability scores ranging from 0 (not disabled) to 100 (completely disabl

SUBMITTER: Barnato AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3159078 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature