Complications of acute myocardial infarction in patients > or = 90 years of age.
Forty consecutive 90-year-old persons with an acute myocardial infarction were studied to describe the noncardiac complications of their care. Common negative consequences of hospitalization of these patients included delirium, pressure ulcers, and poor ambulatory status at discharge.
Malone
M L
ML
Sinai Samaritan Medical Center and St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Rosen
L B
LB
Goodwin
J S
JS
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003693:Delirium / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome