About this episode
Dr. Sergio Zanotti discusses the care of older adults in the ICU with Dr. Lauren Ferrante.
In this episode, Dr. Sergio Zanotti discusses the care of older adults in the ICU. He is joined by Dr. Lauren Ferrante, a pulmonary critical care physician in the medical intensive care unit at Yale New Haven Hospital. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and serves as Director, Operations Core, at the Yale Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. Dr. Ferrante is the lead author of the recently published "Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU." Additional resources: Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Care for Older Adults in the ICU. Crit Care Medicine 2026 [https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2026&issue=05000&article=00003&type=Fulltext] Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Care for Older Adults in the ICU. Implementation Toolkit [https://sccm.org/SCCM/media/SCCM/PDFs/Older-Adults-Guidelines-Toolkit.pdf?_gl=1*rv4da8*_gcl_au*MzczOTk1NDAxLjE3NzgyNjIxMjM] American Geriatric Society Beers Criteria (Pocket Guide) [https://thecarepartnerproject.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Beers-List.pdf] Books mentioned in this episode: The Correspondent…
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Sergio Zanotti
Guest: Dr. Lauren Ferrante
Topics covered
- ICU care
- older adults
- critical care
- pulmonary medicine
- guidelines
- geriatric care
Keywords
- ICU
- older adults
- critical care guidelines
- pulmonary medicine
- geriatric care
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale School of Medicine, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Geriatric Society
Books & works: Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU, The Correspondent
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