Reduced physical functional performance before hospitalization predicts life support limitations and mortality in nonsurgical intensive care unit patients.

Jamile Caroline Garbuglio Araujo da Silva Tiago Giraldi Carolina Matida Gontijo Coutinho Marco Antonio Carvalho-Filho Dario Cecílio Fernandes Thiago Martins Santos

Published in: Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva (2022)

All physical functional performance scales showed lower scores in nonsurvivors and patients with life support limitations. The activities of daily living score and the surprise question increased the odds of life support limitations and mortality in our cohort of nonsurgical intensive care unit patients admitted from the Emergency Department.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
emergency department
end stage renal disease
cardiovascular events
mental health
mechanical ventilation
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes