Long term mortality in critically ill burn survivors.

Introduction: Little is known about long term survival risk factors in critically ill burn patients who survive hospitalization. We hypothesized that patients with major burns who survive hospitalization would have favorable long term outcomes.

Methods: We performed a two center observational cohort study in 365 critically ill adult burn patients who survived to hospital discharge.

Exercise in the elderly: research and clinical practice.

Exercise programs for elderly patients have received much attention recently for their potential role in preventing illness and injury, limiting functional loss and disability, and alleviating the course and symptoms of existing cardiac, pulmonary, and metabolic disorders. The basic components of an exercise training program include strength, endurance, balance, and flexibility. This article reviews the main attributes of each, along with some of the most recent research defining their roles in health care.

A follow-up study of older adults with traumatic brain injury: taking into account decreasing length of stay.

Objective: To examine age-related differences in rehabilitation outcomes following traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design: Retrospective collaborative study.

Setting: Patients received acute neurotrauma and inpatient rehabilitation services at 1 of the 17 National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research-designated Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) centers.