Functional decline of older patients 1 year after cardiothoracic surgery followed by intensive care admission: a prospective longitudinal cohort study.

Background: there is a growing demand for cardiothoracic surgery in patients' aged ≥65 years.

Objective: : to explore which variables were independently associated with functional decline 12 months after cardiothoracic surgery followed by intensive care admission.

Design: prospective cohort study.

Cognitive, functional, and quality-of-life outcomes of patients aged 80 and older who survived at least 1 year after planned or unplanned surgery or medical intensive care treatment.

Objectives: To investigate long-term cognitive, functional, and quality-of-life outcomes in very elderly survivors at least 1 year after planned or unplanned surgery or medical intensive care treatment.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: General, 1,024-bed, tertiary university teaching hospital in The Netherlands.