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    • Critical Care - Mortality After Hospitalization in Older Adults

    Mortality After Hospitalization in Older Adults

    Select Criteria:
    Comorbid congestive heart failure (2 points)
    Admit Creatinine > 3 mg/dL (2 points)
    Sex
    Female (0 points)
    Male (1 point)
    ADLs after discharge
    Dependent in 4 or less Activities of Daily Living (2 points)
    Totally dependent (5 points)
    Comorbid cancer
    Solitary (3 points)
    Metastatic (8 points)
    Albumin
    3-3.4 gm/dL (1 point)
    < 3 gm/dL (2 points)
    Results: Total Criteria Point Count:
    1 year Mortality Estimate After Discharge
    0-1 points:4-13%
    2-3 points:19-20%
    4-6 points:34-37%
    7-20 points:64-68%
    1. Walter LC, Brand RJ, Counsell SR, et al. Development and validation of a prognostic index for 1 year mortality in older adults after hospitalization. JAMA. 2001; 285: 2987-94.
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