Older Adults in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Factoring Geriatric Syndromes in the Management, Prognosis, and Process of Care: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
Damluji AA, Forman DE, van Diepen S, Alexander KP, Page RL 2nd, Hummel SL, Menon V, Katz JN, Albert NM, Afilalo J, Cohen MG; American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology and Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing.
Damluji AA, et al. Among authors: alexander kp.
Circulation. 2020 Jan 14;141(2):e6-e32. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000741. Epub 2019 Dec 9.
Circulation. 2020.
PMID: 31813278
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The CICU environment of procedures, new medications, sensory overload, sleep deprivation, prolonged bed rest, malnourishment, and sleep is usually inherently disruptive to older patients regardless of the excellence of cardiovascular disease care. ...
The CICU environment of procedures, new medications, sensory overload, sleep deprivation, prolonged bed rest, malnourishment, and sle …