Tag: disability
Critical Illness, Disability, and the Road Home
Ability to participate in the community is an important outcome for all patients after a major illness, it signposts reaching the end of the road home. A patient's ability to return to the priority tasks of daily living impacts... read more
Frailty and Subsequent Disability and Mortality among Patients with Critical Illness
The prevalence of frailty (diminished physiologic reserve) and its effect on outcomes for those aged 18 years and older with critical illness is unclear. Frailty is common in critically ill adults aged 18 years and older... read more
Smoking, vitamin D deficiency linked to early MS disability
Severe vitamin D deficiency and current smoking predicted accumulated disability in patients with clinically isolated syndrome, which can be a precursor to the development of multiple sclerosis.... read more
