Older Sepsis Survivors Suffer Persistent Disability Burden and Poor Long‐Term Survival

Objectives Sepsis has been called a “disease of the elderly,” and as in‐hospital mortality has decreased, more sepsis survivors are progressing into poorly characterized long‐term outcomes. The purpose of this study was to describe the current epidemiology of sepsis in older adults compared with mid...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Vol. 68; no. 9; pp. 1962 - 1969
Main Authors:	Mankowski, Robert T., Anton, Stephen D., Ghita, Gabriela L., Brumback, Babette, Cox, Michael C., Mohr, Alicia M., Leeuwenburgh, Christiaan, Moldawer, Lyle L., Efron, Philip A., Brakenridge, Scott C., Moore, Frederick A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2020 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Adults Age Factors Aged Cognition Cognitive ability cognitive function and physical function Cognitive functioning Critical Illness - mortality Demography Destinations Disability Disabled Persons - psychology Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data Discharge Disease Epidemiology Female health outcomes Hospital Mortality - trends Humans Illnesses Intensive care Intensive Care Units Kidney diseases Longitudinal Studies Male Middle Aged Mortality older adults Older people Patients People with disabilities Physical ability Prospective Studies Sepsis Sepsis - mortality Sepsis - psychology Sepsis - therapy Septic shock Survivor Survivors - psychology Survivors - statistics & numerical data Verbal learning Word and letter association Word association Young adults older adults health outcomes cognitive function and physical function sepsis
ISSN:	0002-8614, 1532-5415, 1532-5415
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