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Functional Independence Measure score is associated with mortality in critically ill elderly patients admitted to an intermediate care unit.

2020-08-22

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background </bold>Age alone is not a robust predictor of mortality in critically ill elderly patients. Chronic health status and functional status before admission could be better predictors. This study aimed to determine whether functional status, assessed using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), could be an independent predictor of mortality in a geriatric population adm...

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Literature Corpus work: efb98627-05a5-58c7-9ca5-622e2223e4ae
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-27244/v2

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