A prognostic model for 6-month mortality in elderly survivors of critical illness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although 1.4 million elderly Americans survive hospitalization involving intensive care annually, many are at risk for early mortality following discharge. No models that predict the likelihood of death after discharge exist explicitly for this population. Therefore, we derived and externally validated a 6-month postdischarge mortality prediction model for elderly ICU survivors.

Methods

We derived the model from medical record and claims data for 1,526 consecutive patients aged ≥ 65 years who had their first medical ICU admission in 2006 to 2009 at a tertiary-care hospital and survived to discharge (excluding those patients discharged to hospice). We then validated the model in 1,010 patients from a different tertiary-care hospital.

Results

Six-month mortal

SUBMITTER: Baldwin MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3616685 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature