Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Aug 2018
Premorbid functional status as a predictor of 1-year mortality and functional status in intensive care patients aged 80 years or older.
We assessed the association between the premorbid functional status (PFS) and 1-year mortality and functional status of very old intensive care patients. ⋯ Of very old ICU patients, 62% were alive 1 year after ICU admission and 78% of the survivors had a functional status comparable to the premorbid situation. A poor PFS doubled the odds of death within a year. Knowledge of PFS improved the prediction of 1-year mortality.