Peter Pompei
University of Chicago
15 Papers
8 Citations
Peter Pompei is an academic researcher from University of Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Delirium & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 14 publications. Previous affiliations of Peter Pompei include Cornell University.
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Papers
A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation☆
TL;DR: The method of classifying comorbidity provides a simple, readily applicable and valid method of estimating risk of death fromComorbid disease for use in longitudinal studies and further work in larger populations is still required to refine the approach.
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Does delirium contribute to poor hospital outcomes? A three-site epidemiologic study.
TL;DR: Delirium was a significant predictor of functional decline at both hospital discharge and follow-up and should be considered as a prognostic variable in case-mix adjustment systems and in studies examining hospital outcomes in older persons.
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Detecting Delirium Among Hospitalized Older Patients
TL;DR: The four instruments studied, suitable for use at the bedside, can aid the clinician in identifying patients likely to be suffering from delirium and were more useful at confirmingDelirium than in excluding it.
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Relating patient characteristics at the time of admission to outcomes of hospitalization
TL;DR: To determine whether physician estimates of illness severity, function status and stability were predictive of morbidity, mortality, length of stay and average daily ancillary charges, a cohort of patients was studied.
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Trade-offs between hospital charges and patient outcomes.
Peter Pompei,Mary E. Charlson,Frederic L. Sax,Kathy L. Ales,C. R. Mackenzie,Margaret E. Norton +5 more
TL;DR: Both 1-year survival and hospital charges were found to correlate with physician estimates of illness severity and prognosis at the time of admission, which argues for aggressive management of acutely hospitalized patients when there is any doubt about their prognosis.
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