Publications by authors named "Yao-Dan Liang"
This study aimed to develop and validate an electronic frailty index (eFI) based on routine electronic health records (EHR) for older adult inpatients and to analyze the correlations between frailty and hospitalized events and costs. We created an eFI from routine EHR and validated the effectiveness by the consistency of the comprehensive geriatric assessment-frailty index (CGA-FI) with an independent prospective cohort. Then, we analyzed the correlations between frailty and hospitalized events and costs by regressions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We aimed to assess the utility of the combination of the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) + clock drawing test (CDT) and the Fried phenotype for predicting non-elective hospital readmission or death within 6 months in elderly inpatients with cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Methods: A single-center prospective cohort was conducted from September 2018 to February 2019. Inpatients ≥65 years old were recruited.
The diagnosis of frailty is usually subjective, which calls for objective biomarkers in clinical medicine. 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodGsn) and 8-oxo-7, 8-dihydroguanosine (8-oxoGsn) in urine are two aging biomarkers that have not been explored deeply in cases of frailty. A total of 508 elderly patients with cardiovascular disease (mean age 75.
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- A study surveyed frailty prevalence among elderly inpatients across different hospital wards and compared the effectiveness of five frailty measurement tools in identifying frailty.
- The prevalence of frailty varied significantly, with higher rates found in non-surgical wards, and the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) and Frailty Index (FI) demonstrated strong sensitivity and specificity as screening tools.
- Risk factors for frailty included older age, lower educational level, faster heart rate, lower albumin levels, higher D-dimer levels, five or more comorbidities, and taking five or more medications.
Background: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is rare and potentially life-threatening; its etiology remains unclear. Imaging characteristics on cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and their prognostic significance have rarely been studied. We sought to determine CMR's prognostic value in PPCM by using T1 and T2 mapping techniques.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Caregiving burden and depression in family caregivers have been investigated, but little is known about how they affect paid caregivers. The aim of this study was to investigate caregiving burden and depression in paid caregivers of hospitalized patients.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted in a tertiary referral hospital (Chengdu, China) that enrolled 108 paid caregivers who worked in the inpatient department.