RATIONALE: Survivors of critical illness suffer significant limitations and disabilities. OBJECTIVES: Ascertain whether severe sepsis is associated with increased risk of so-called geriatric conditions (injurious falls, low body mass index BMI], incontinence, vision loss, hearing loss, and chronic pain) and whether this association is measured consistently across three different study designs. METHODS: Patients with severe… Continue reading Spurious inferences about long-term outcomes: the case of severe sepsis and geriatric conditions