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A trademark (one word) is the identity you give your products. A service mark (two words—don't know why, just the way it is) is the identity you give your services. Trademarks and service marks are essentially treated the same way, so from now on let's just call them trademarks. Effective IP protection requires an understanding of what these assets are.
Back to that identity. It's how people are going to know that a particular product or service came from you and no one else. A trademark can be a word, a graphic design, a picture, a color, a sound, a character, even a smell. Or a combination of any of them. It's just like your own name. That's how other people identify you. You use a trademark to ensure they identify you with that product or service.
Examples of trademarks:
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Logo vs. Trademark
A logo is a trademark. It's a picture or drawing or character or something other than words alone that creates the association between you and your product.
It's just another name for a trademark with a design component. Think of the Apple logo, GEICO lizard, Mickey Mouse, Mercedes star, and Fruit Loops. These are all logos and they are all trademarks. One and the same thing.
Speaking of Froot Loops, there's a very funny and very true story about a series of lawsuits that were brought against Kellogg's for false advertising because FROOT LOOPS has no fruit in it. A similar lawsuit was brought against the maker of Cap'n Crunch with Crunch Berries because the crunch berries had no fruit. None of the lawsuits made it very far, but imagine if they did and the products had to be taken off the market. Would the plaintiffs then be cereal killers?
OK, enough groaning, back to business.
Trade Dress
The way a product itself looks or is packaged can also be a trademark – that's called trade dress. Whether it qualifies as trade dress, and thus as a trademark, depends on a few things.
First, the shape of the product or the packaging has to be something no one else in the industry needs to use for a similar type of product. In other words, it can't be functional. And it has to be in use for a long enough time to develop sufficient public recognition aka "secondary meaning" or "acquired distinctiveness."
For example, you can't claim trademark rights in the rectangular paper box that most perfume products come in. BUT if you create a memorable design on that box and use it long enough – usually at least 5 years or so – without anyone else using the same design on their packaging, and you can show that all important "acquired distinctiveness" – there's your trade dress. Or if you put the perfume itself in a bottle shape that no else uses and the shape of the bottle doesn't serve any purpose other than to identify your product, there's your trade dress.
Two perfect examples of both types of trade dress:
The perfume box itself is pretty common, but the overall look of the packaging – the white background with the black borders – is immediately identifiable as a Chanel perfume box. Similarly, the bottle itself is unique – and so iconic that Andy Warhol did a silkscreen of it in his series "Ads." The bottle doesn't need to have the trademark on it to be instantly recognized as the Chanel No. 5 bottle.
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Grant Mincy's Wish for Peace in the New Year
I saw this at antiwar.com and wanted to share an excerpt, but the entire post is worth reading.
War is made possible by systems of power and domination. This is true of the violent war-making regimes of yesterday, and it is still true today. It is important to remember that the most violent among us are caged by an inhumane ideology. Those with a thirst for war are themselves dominated by and stuck within systems of power – be they the politicians, their supportive subjects or violent terror cells. Warmongers wish to dominate, as opposed to participate in, humanity. They are captives in need of liberation.
These systems of power thrive on the obedience of their subjects. Once these institutions are challenged, once the environment that grants them power is changed, their authority is called into question. They become feckless when challenged by humanity.
I am a big believer in humanity. It is important to remember that all races and all creeds labor together, peacefully, globally, everyday. The creative, inclined labor of human beings builds markets, mutual aid, relief, commons regimes, charity and generally decent societies. Human labor crafts peace.
Peace is liberty. When peace is realized every human being will be free to pursue their own interests and develop their capacities into individual and social account. We all deserve such liberty, especially the most vulnerable among us – children.
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The Intercept has obtained a cache of secret documents detailing the inner workings of the U.S. military's assassination program in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The documents, provided by a whistleblower, offer an unprecedented glimpse into Obama's drone wars.
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From his first days as commander in chief, the drone has been President Barack Obama's weapon of choice, used by the military and the CIA to hunt down and kill the people his administration has deemed — through secretive processes, without indictment or trial — worthy of execution. There has been intense focus on the technology of remote killing, but that often serves as a surrogate for what should be a broader examination of the state's power over life and death.
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After three months, we're long overdue for a post in this space. Here goes…
Kevin Carson has a great piece up at C4SS on the United Nations:
The UN's stated mission is to prevent aggression; yet it does absolutely nothing to restrain the one country whose aggression far outweighs all others in the postwar period — perhaps in all of history. In the past seventy years the United States has invaded more countries, overthrown more governments and backed more dictators and terrorist death squads than any other country on Earth. There isn't even a close second.
Eleven Years of the Iraq War
Jonathan Carp at C4SS offers up a solid retrospective:
If you're an American, you'd be forgiven for thinking the war in Iraq was over. After all, Barack Obama, after being thwarted in his desperate attempts to extend the American military presence there, has been crowing about how he "ended" the war in Iraq. But the war never ended.
Last night, 13 people were killed when a café in Baghdad was bombed, bringing the total killed yesterday to forty-six. In America, we are still discussing a terrible shooting at a school that killed 28 people, including the perpetrator, over a year ago. In Iraq, more than 2,000 people have been killed just so far this year. Every single one of those deaths, and every single one of the 500,000 killed since 2003, is an entirely foreseeable consequence of American foreign policy.
But today, rather than rehashing the well-known arguments against the war, let us focus on what the war has cost us. The American death toll is well known- 4,489 killed, 32,021 wounded. According to several studies, a minimum of 4% and a maximum of 17% of American veterans of the Iraq War suffer from PTSD. Applying the lower bound to the population of Iraq, we can estimate that at least 1.3 million Iraqis suffer from this debilitating condition, which can cause difficulty sleeping, emotional detachment and outbursts of rage, among other things, and which denies those who suffer from it the possibility of leaving their suffering behind and living a normal life.
Worse still, these victims of the Iraq War, along with the survivors left behind by the dead and the wounded, do not have the support structures American veterans enjoy. American veterans are eligible for disability pensions, career retraining, and free medical care for their war wounds, physical and psychological. However dysfunctional the institutions providing these services may be, American veterans still fare much better than the Iraqi people. The Iraqis, who bore the brunt of the war, are simply left to suffer while some "libertarians" wonder why they are not more grateful for their plight.
The Iraq War was, as wars go, not an especially harsh or brutal one, and was largely conducted according to all the latest precepts of "humanitarian intervention." The free-fire zones of Vietnam were largely absent, as were the brutalities of massed, prolonged aerial and artillery bombardment. And yet, the results are unimaginably horrific to us in our First World comfort. Sandy Hook and Columbine reverberate to this day in America; in the hell into which we plunged Iraq, neither would even make the front page. There is no war without horrific violence and nightmarish suffering. Never forget.
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We're back with another installment of our favorite philosophically relevant music. Today we feature "Mother Superior" by Santa Cruz-based hardcore punk band Good Riddance.
The tune is off their debut full-length album, For God and Country (Fat Wreck Chords – 1995), and tackles the all too unfortunate reality of politicians and leaders of men lying us into wars and other atrocities. Enjoy!
How ready are you
To die for an ideal?
What's the connection
Between a lie and what is real?
Mother Superior
I've got an angel on my back
I'm one of the righteous
And I'm never going back
No, I'm never going back
Who's that shining forth-right man
About to die behind me?
He's waiting for the portress to
Send me head over heels
Who's that black-heart four-star general
Walking up the hill
To ask the liberals nicely
To help finance his private war?
And if I didn't trust that man
When he puts the rifle in your hand
Sings you songs of pageantry and grace
And how much you want to bet on the other side
There's a man with twice your pride
And they put you feet first in an unmarked grave
There was a time in our history
When we justified by saying
Our destiny's manifest
Now imperialism is
The manslaughter of the west
See those trigger happy college boys
Love a chance to try out their new toys
Then they wash the city streets clean
With the blood of infidels
As the fabric of democracy
Left tattered in the dust
We could put
Another greedy man into the
Dictatorial puppet show
Now tell me who do you trust?
And an abominable hemisphere
Would perpetuate a heart-whole atmosphere
Call it a threat to national security
Call it just a poor-sick face
One more place
To export cheap labor
Hail the monarchy!
Hail the oligarchy!
A potential for anarchy
And we pat ourselves firmly on the back
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Power To The Peaceful!
Here we go again. This time it looks like Syria is up for some good ole U.S. military intervention. Hopefully it won't come to pass. Maybe if enough people listen to Anti-Flag's song "Power to the Peaceful" from their 2003 release The Terror State we could avoid these military disasters. Probably just wishful thinking. Enjoy:
Sons and daughters of a dream
The urge to struggle for an ideal
To stay and fight
Oppose war fever
Refuse to kill or be killed
There's voices calling in the wind
Power to the Peaceful
Power to the peaceful
With a readiness for war
They come down hard in dissent of all forms
Blood and militarism has swept the country by storm
This is not a war of the urging people
This is not a war of economic independence
It's a war for conquest
It's a war for military power
It's a war for money
The road to universal slaughter
Alright, check this out
There's repression and intolerance
On any deviation from the norm
In all factions of your life
At this time of entry into war say Hey!
Do you know what they sing. Say Hey!
Yeah you know what they sing. Say Hey!
Do you know what they sing? Say Hey!
Lazy Sunday Links
- Reason's Nanny of the Month
- Sandra Sanchez on Drug Testing Welfare Recipients: No Real Grounds, Just a Real Waste
- Glenn Greenwald speaking at Hampshire College on Endless War
- FreedomWorks panel on Drone Policy featuring Malou Innocent and Dennis Kucinich
- Cathy Reisenwitz: Hating on Unions Won't Fix the Problems They Were Created to Resolve
- Kevin Carson's General Observations on Class vs. "Identity Politics"
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Risk factors for dementia after critical illness in elderly medicare beneficiaries
- Carmen Guerra1,
- Walter T Linde-Zwirble2 and
- Hannah Wunsch1, 3Email author
DOI: 10.1186/cc11901
© Guerra et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012
Received: 11 June 2012
Accepted: 19 November 2012
Published: 17 December 2012
Hospitalization increases the risk of a subsequent diagnosis of dementia. We aimed to identify diagnoses or events during a hospitalization requiring critical care that are associated with a subsequent dementia diagnosis in the elderly.
A cohort study of a random 5% sample of Medicare beneficiaries who received intensive care in 2005 and survived to hospital discharge, with three years of follow-up (through 2008) was conducted using Medicare claims files. We defined dementia using the International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition, clinical modification (ICD-9-CM) codes and excluded patients with any prior diagnosis of dementia or cognitive impairment in the year prior to admission. We used an extended Cox model to examine the association between diagnoses and events associated with the critical illness and a subsequent diagnosis of dementia, adjusting for known risk factors for dementia.
Over the three years of follow-up, dementia was newly diagnosed in 4,519 (17.8%) of 25,368 patients who received intensive care and survived to hospital discharge. After accounting for known risk factors, having an infection (adjusted hazard ratio (AHR) = 1.25; 95% CI, 1.17 to 1.35), or a diagnosis of severe sepsis (AHR = 1.40; 95% CI, 1.28 to 1.53), acute neurologic dysfunction (AHR = 2.06; 95% CI, 1.72 to 2.46), and acute dialysis (AHR = 1.70; 95% CI, 1.30 to 2.23) were all independently associated with a subsequent diagnosis of dementia. No other measured ICU factors, such as need for mechanical ventilation, were independently associated.
Among ICU events, infection or severe sepsis, neurologic dysfunction, and acute dialysis were independently associated with a subsequent diagnosis of dementia. Patient prognostication, as well as future research into post-ICU cognitive decline, should focus on these higher-risk subgroups.
A stay in an ICU is often associated with long-term sequelae that impact on rehabilitation and overall function [1–7]. Such sequelae involve physical and neuropsychological components and include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and cognitive decline, including dementia [1–9]. For many patients, in particular the elderly, a hospitalization may be a turning point with regard to cognition, with a down-ward trajectory in the years following [10]. A few single site studies have examined general medical or surgical ICU patients [3, 4, 9] and demonstrated continued cognitive impairment several months after critical illness. A focus on cognitive decline in specific illness categories (for example, severe sepsis [8] or the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) [1, 2, 5, 11] provides valuable incidence data in such patient groups; nonetheless, such studies lack the ability to determine independent risk factors in the broader ICU population.
Fear of developing dementia is strong in many older people, with uncertainty about the causes, anxiety regarding loss of self-identity and need for long-term care [12]. Although many risk factors for dementia in the general population are well characterized, such as increasing age and co-morbidities (for example, alcoholism, stroke, and Parkinson's disease [13]), we still know very little about events associated with critical illness that may increase the risk.
We hypothesized that specific diagnoses and ICU events could be identified as risk factors for a subsequent diagnosis of dementia. In particular, due to previous work demonstrating higher rates of cognitive decline in older people who develop severe sepsis [8], we hypothesized that infection in critically ill patients would be independently associated with a higher risk of dementia. In order to test these hypotheses we used a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries who survived critical illness to quantify the risk of a subsequent diagnosis of dementia and to examine specific characteristics of the critical illness that might be associated with development of dementia.
Materials and methods
Data source
This was a retrospective study using the Medicare Standard Analytic Files (SAF) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This dataset contains all fee-for-service claims, including hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient, skilled nursing facility, and 'carrier' claims (physician supplier part B files which includes all office visits), home health agency, and durable medical equipment for a random, longitudinal 5% sample of beneficiaries. We linked data from years 2004 through 2008 and derived the inception cohort from the 2005 sample.
Dementia assessment following discharge
An ICU survivor was identified as having dementia when there was a diagnosis for dementia (ICD-9-CM codes: 290.0 to 290.4, 294.0, 294.1, 294.8, 331.0, 331.1, 331.2, 331.7, 797.X) [16, 17] recorded from fee-for-service claims in the subsequent three years of follow-up. We analyzed patient data for the three years following hospital discharge (2006 to 2008). Prior studies showed that three years of follow-up claims data is sufficient to identify dementia in a Medicare sample [16]. For privacy requirements, exact dates of hospital discharge and doctor visits were not available in the SAF - only the quarter of the year. We calculated time to diagnosis of dementia and death as the number of quarters (three month intervals) after the discharge quarter. The quarter in which the first diagnosis of dementia occurred was used as the incident quarter to mark the diagnostic onset for that individual.
Patient characteristics and critical illness
The primary objective of this analysis was to evaluate specific aspects of the index critical illness. We examined the frequency of mechanical ventilation (ICD-9-CM codes 96.7x or tracheostomy 31.1 or Diagnosis Related Group 483) [18], and the type of patient (medical or surgical based on Diagnosis Related Groups). We also assessed acute organ dysfunctions (cardiac, respiratory, renal, neurologic, and hepatic) and diagnoses of infection and severe sepsis, using a standard definition [19]. Neurologic dysfunction consisted of anoxic brain damage, encephalopathy, and transient mental disorders. We also examined hemodialysis (39.95); in order to distinguish renal replacement therapy (RRT) for patients with acute renal failure we excluded patients who had RRT (based on fee-for-service claims ICD-9-CM code 39.95, and CPT code 90999) or a diagnosis of chronic renal failure (ICD-9 code 585.x, 586.x and CPT code G0327, G0323, G0317 to G0319) in the previous quarter. We calculated other characteristics of the index hospitalization including the ICU length of stay (based on the number of days billed for intensive care) and the hospital length of stay (days). Using data from the year prior, as well as the quarter of the index hospitalization, we identified potential confounders as specific diseases and conditions known or suspected to be related to dementia [see Additional file 1] [20].
Data analyses
We calculated summary statistics for demographic and clinical characteristics using percentages, means (± standard deviation (SD)) and medians (with interquartile range (IQR)) as appropriate for the entire sample. We calculated the cumulative incidence of a diagnosis for dementia during follow-up using a cumulative incidence competing risks (CICR) method [21], since mortality precludes subsequent diagnosis of dementia and using the Kaplan-Meier method for a time-to-event analysis would overestimate the rate of dementia during the follow-up [22]. Follow-up for each participant started with the quarter after discharge and continued until the first diagnoses of dementia, death, or end-of follow-up (three years). Using the Kaplan-Meier method, we also quantified the overall three year mortality for the cohort.
We examined the associations between demographic variables, related diseases/conditions, and measures of critical care with subsequent diagnosis of dementia in ICU survivors using an extended Cox model with mortality censored and time-dependent covariates. We first used univariate analysis to examine the association between individual covariates and a diagnosis of dementia. We categorized age into five-year intervals, grouped race as non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic black, and 'others' (Hispanic and other), and examined ICU and hospital length of stay using quartiles. We assessed acute organ dysfunctions both individually and as a count of 0, 1, and 2+ organ dysfunctions and assessed mechanical ventilation both as 'any' versus 'none', and categorized as less than 96 hours (96.71) and 96 hours or more (96.72) versus 'none'. We also created a composite variable with exclusive categories for any infection (no severe sepsis - defined as infection but no acute organ failure) and severe sepsis (infection with acute organ failure). We used a stepwise selection to create a parsimonious multivariable model for diagnosis of dementia for all ICU survivors by first adjusting for demographic characteristics and known risk factors for dementia and then individually evaluated the factors related to the episode of critical care. Covariates that were statistically significant (P < 0.05) were kept in the model. We examined possible collinearity among our critical illness markers by checking for a change in effect size. We assessed the Cox proportionality assumption graphically and added time-dependent covariates where the effect of a covariate varied during follow-up.
After identification of specific variables independently associated with a subsequent diagnosis of dementia, we used the Kaplan-Meier method to quantify the magnitude of the (unadjusted) differences in rates of diagnosis of dementia, with censoring for death or loss to follow-up.
We performed sensitivity analyses to assess the robustness of our findings. We excluded (1) patients with any hospitalization in the year prior to the index hospitalization with critical illness to minimize the impact of any prior illness and (2) patients with a known history of Parkinson's disease, head trauma, and alcohol abuse as these are strongly linked with subsequent development of dementia. We also assessed two sub-groups who represented patients with a greater overall severity of illness: (1) survivors who had at least three days of intensive care; and (2) survivors who received mechanical ventilation. Database management and statistical analyses were performed using Excel (Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA), and SAS version 9.2 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA) software. This research was reviewed by the Columbia University Medical Center Institutional Review Board (IRB AAAE9908); due to the use of de-identified data it was deemed not human subjects research under 45 CFR 46.
Baseline characteristics
Characteristics of critically ill patients who survived to hospital discharge.
ICU Cohort (n= 25,368)
Number (%)
Index Hospitalization
Age, years: mean ± SD
76.6 ± 6.8
13,275 (52.3)
non-Hispanic, white
22,602 (89.1)
non-Hispanic, black
1,830 (7.2)
407 (1.6)
529 (2.1)
ICU length of stay, days: median (IQR)
2 (1 to 5)
Hospital length of stay, days: median (IQR)
6 (3 to 10)
Mechanically Ventilated
23,067 (90.9)
Mechanically Ventilated
2,301 (9.1)
Past Hospitalization History (prior year)
Any previous ICU admission
624 (2.5)
Any previous hospitalization
4,590 (18.1)
Number of previous hospitalizations
20,778 (81.9)
3,035 (12.0)
1,555 (6.1)
Prior Diagnoses (prior year) a
8,450 (33.3)
Any potential risk factors for dementia
16,918 (66.7)
Total follow-up time, years
Average follow-up time, years: mean ± SD
2.5 ± 0.9
Diagnosis of Dementia
4,519 (17.8)
1 year
3,461 (13.6)
2 year
5,836 (23.0)
3 year
7,746 (30.5)
Variables associated with a diagnosis of dementia
Frequency of dementia diagnoses in three years of follow-up by characteristics from the index hospitalization.
Total Cohort, number
Dementia in 3 years follow-up, number (%)
P Value
Total cohort
4,519 (17.8)
1,780 (14.0)
1 (ref)
2,739 (21.7)
(1.65, 1.85)
< .01
Mechanical Ventilation
4,108 (17.8)
1 (ref)
< 96 hours
301 (17.5)
(0.97, 1.22)
≥ 96 hours
110 (18.8)
(1.05, 1.49)
No Acute RRT
4,453 (17.8)
Acute RRT
66 (24.1)
(1.26, 2.05)
< .01
No Infection
2,783 (16.2)
1 (ref)
Infection onlya
1,053 (20.8)
(1.34, 1.54)
< .01
Severe sepsis
683 (21.7)
(1.50, 1.77)
< .01
Acute Organ Dysfunction
3,289 (17.2)
1 (ref)
973 (19.5)
(1.16, 1.34)
< .01
Two or more
257 (21.4)
(1.26, 1.62)
< .01
Specific Organ Dysfunctionb
351 (18.6)
(0.97, 1.20)
394 (18.2)
(1.05, 1.30)
< .01
464 (21.2)
(1.24, 1.51)
< .01
130 (37.0)
(2.00, 2.84)
< .01
53 (36.8)
68 (40.7)
12 (27.1)
176 (18.7)
(0.96, 1.30)
ICU length of stay (quartiles)c
1,290 (15.6)
1 (ref)
977 (18.3)
(1.13, 1.34)
1,270 (18.8)
(1.21, 1.41)
971 (19.6)
(1.33, 1.57)
< .01
Hospital length of stay (quartiles)d
1,068 (14.7)
1 (ref)
1,218 (17.8)
(1.20, 1.41)
< .01
1,085 (19.2)
(1.35, 1.60)
< .01
1,156 (20.4)
(1.56, 1.84)
< .01
Multivariate model of factors associated with dementia diagnosis during three years of follow-up.
Multivariable Model
Adjusted HR
P Value
Index Hospitalization
No Infection
1 (ref)
Infection onlya
(1.17, 1.35)
< .01
Severe sepsis
(1.28, 1.53)
< .01
1 (ref)
Acute neurologic dysfunctionb
(1.72, 2.46)
< .01
No acute RRT
1 (ref)
Acute RRT (post 6 months)
(1.30, 2.23)
< .01
Acute RRT (6 months of follow-up)
(0.40, 1.33)
1 (ref)
(1.33, 1.50)
< .01
1 (ref)
Any prior hospitalization
(1.27, 1.46)
< .01
Age 66 to 69 years
1 (ref)
Age 70 to 74 years
(1.45, 1.87)
< .01
Age 75 to 79 years
(2.09, 2.66)
< .01
Age 80 to 84 years
(3.33, 4.21)
< .01
Age 85+ years
(4.77, 6.05)
< .01
Non-hispanic, White
1 (ref)
Other races (hispanic and other)
(1.02, 1.36)
Non-hispanic, Black
(1.62, 1.97)
< .01
1 (ref)
(1.10, 1.24)
< .01
Cerebrovascular disease
(1.40, 1.68)
< .01
(1.08, 1.40)
< .01
Parkinson's Disease
(1.90, 2.80)
< .01
Alcohol Abuse
(1.18, 2.04)
< .01
Hypoglycemia (2 years of follow-up)
(1.12, 1.77)
< .01
Hypoglycemia (post 2 years of follow-up)
(0.57, 1.36)
Hypertension (6 months of follow-up)
(0.96, 1.22)
Hypertension (post 6 months of follow-up)
(0.48, 0.56)
< .01
Chronic renal failure (2 years of follow-up)
(1.11, 1.51)
< .01
Chronic renal failure (post 2 years of follow-up)
(0.62, 1.06)
Among elderly ICU survivors, a diagnosis of infection, particularly severe infection as defined by severe sepsis, acute neurologic dysfunction, and RRT for acute renal failure, were all independently associated with an increased risk of a subsequent diagnosis of dementia among a critically ill population, even after accounting for known risk factors for dementia. These findings suggest that certain diseases and events associated with a critical illness may increase the risk of dementia, or 'unmask' previously undiagnosed dementia [23]. The consequences of surviving a critical illness are broad, and may include increased risk of depression, PTSD, and physical debilitation that can be transient or permanent [1–5, 7, 8, 11, 24]. Use of a large administrative database of critically ill patients has allowed us to evaluate broadly all critically ill patients to determine which groups are at greatest risk for cognitive decline.
Hospitalization itself is clearly a risk factor for development of dementia [6]. Our findings are consistent with a recent study of cognitive impairment that focused only on patients with severe sepsis and found an increased risk of moderate/severe cognitive impairment following severe sepsis in a sample from the Health and Retirement Study [8], as well as data suggesting that post-operative delirium may be associated with longer term cognitive impairment [25]. Moreover, our findings extend the study by Ehlenbach et al. that demonstrated an increased rate of dementia among patients more than 65 years old who were admitted to the hospital for noncritical and critical illness [6], but had too small a sample size to identify specific risk factors in the critically ill population.
What has remained less clear is whether specific critical events during a hospitalization, such as mechanical ventilation, elevate the risk. We were able to determine that aspects of critical illness, such as the need for mechanical ventilation or the length of stay in an ICU, do not appear to add to the risk of dementia for elderly patients who experience a critical illness. The finding that there was no association with the need for mechanical ventilation is consistent with the work by Iwashyna et al. that found similar risks of cognitive impairment in severe sepsis patients with and without mechanical ventilation [8]. Our findings using a large cohort also replicate the conclusions from small cohorts of mechanically ventilated patients (with or without ARDS), which compared survivors of critical care with and without cognitive impairment and found no association between neurocognitive outcomes and length of mechanical ventilation, length of ICU stay, and length of hospital stay [2, 3].
The mechanisms by which infection (particularly severe sepsis), acute neurologic dysfunction, and acute renal failure (defined by need for RRT) might increase the risk of dementia remain speculative and likely inter-related. One possibility, proposed by Jackson et al. is that those aspects of critical illness that incite a systemic inflammatory reaction, such as in sepsis or septic shock, may alter brain activity and start the development of cognitive impairment [26]. Recently, studies show dementia to be more common among people on RRT for chronic renal failure [27, 28]; however, it is unclear whether the increased rate is attributable to the effects of hemodialysis or from direct effects of renal failure.
Data also suggest that many critically ill patients experience delirium at some point during the hospitalization [26]. Whether delirium is a harbinger of future dementia [29] or purely a marker for increased organ dysfunction and severity of illness remains unclear. Data on electro-encephalogram findings in critically ill patients demonstrate a high rate of sub-clinical seizure activity [30], suggesting that damage to the brain may often occur during a critical illness, such as sepsis. Recent studies have demonstrated a relationship between delirium in the ICU and subsequent cognitive dysfunction [31–34]. Moreover, patients with longer duration of delirium also appear to have smaller brain volume at hospital discharge and at 3-months of follow-up, which appears to correlate with worse cognitive performance at 12 months [32, 33]. Neurologic damage and cognitive impairment can also occur during acute renal failure [35–37]. Additional studies focused on these higher risk groups during and after critical illness with follow-up, are needed to understand and potentially prevent these long-term sequelae of critical illness.
We found a strong association between the age of critically ill patients and subsequent diagnoses of dementia; our oldest survivors (age 85+) had a cumulative incidence of dementia of 33% over three years. This relationship with age is consistent with many population studies [38]. The overall incidence of newly diagnosed dementia after critical illness is higher in our cohort than reported population-based incidence rates among the elderly in the United States, as expected for a cohort at an overall increased risk due to hospitalization; the incidence per 1,000 person-years was two to three times higher than similar age-stratified cohorts [39–41]. However, accurately assessing diagnoses of dementia as well as risk factors remains challenging using administrative data and there are a number of limitations to this analysis. Because we relied solely on Medicare claims to identify dementia, we used a definition found to capture 82% of dementia cases identified with a neuropsychology battery [42] and also used three years of claims data; in another study it was found to have a sensitivity of 85% when compared to in-home dementia assessment by clinical staff [16]. Any missed diagnoses of dementia would likely bias our findings towards the null. It is important to acknowledge that the severity of dementia is unknown from Medicare claims and early dementia was found to be under-reported in claims data [42, 43]. Thus, our findings mostly relate to moderate to severe dementia diagnoses after critical illness. We also performed a number of sensitivity analyses to determine whether our findings were consistent across sub-groups of more severely ill patients, with similar results in all of the models.
Prior work in a study with two years follow-up showed that cognitive functional impairment at baseline is a significant predictor of developing dementia [44]. While we excluded everyone with any diagnosis of cognitive impairment from our sample and adjusted for risk factors associated with dementia, we were limited in our ability to assess or control for cognitive status at baseline. It is possible that the events during the critical illness may reveal dementia that was present but had not yet been diagnosed. This is particularly likely for infection and severe sepsis, as the majority of the increase in diagnoses appeared to occur in the first few months after the hospitalization [23]. The recent work on pre- and post-sepsis burden of geriatric conditions by Iwashyna et al. suggests that we should be cautious in our interpretation of post-ICU morbidity without robust data on the pre-hospitalization trajectory [23, 45]. Moreover, the increase in healthcare encounters associated with a critical illness may bring a cognitive problem to the attention of a healthcare provider. Finally, while we used a nationally representative sample and were able to adjust for clinical characteristics, we were not able to assess fully the severity of critical illness or quantify other possible measures of exposure to critical care, such as the exact length of mechanical ventilation and medications given. Diagnoses of delirium and encephalopathy during the hospitalization were included in our definition of acute neurological dysfunction, and appeared to have a strong relationship with a future diagnosis of dementia but we could not accurately assess the frequency of delirium during the stay, as defined in clinical studies of critically ill patients [46] or the characteristics of the encephalopathy. Moreover, early or mid-life factors may impact development of disease that occurs later, and these exposures could not be quantified [47–50].
Despite these limitations, this study provides important information regarding risk factors for subsequent diagnoses of dementia and is consistent with a growing body of literature regarding cognitive dysfunction after hospitalizations and among severe sepsis patients in particular. As the US population ages, millions of elderly people now survive a critical illness every year [51]. A greater understanding of the consequences of these hospitalizations and identification of patients at risk for specific types of morbidity as well as mortality may allow for better planning. Moreover, identification of groups at risk allows for studies targeted to high risk populations to identify potentially modifiable risk-factors for diseases such as dementia.
Among ICU events, infection or severe sepsis, neurologic dysfunction and acute renal replacement therapy were independently associated with a subsequent diagnosis of dementia. Patient prognostication, as well as future research into post-ICU cognitive decline, should take account of these higher-risk subgroups.
Key messages
Prior studies suggest an increased risk of cognitive dysfunction or dementia associated with critical illness and/or sepsis
This study used US Medicare data to determine which factors related to critical illness were associated with the increased risk of a subsequent diagnosis of dementia
Among critically ill patients who survived to hospital discharge, infection or severe sepsis, neurologic dysfunction and the requirement for acute renal replacement therapy were all independently associated with an increased risk of a diagnosis of dementia in the following three years
The use of mechanical ventilation and length of stay in the ICU were not independently associated with an increased risk of a diagnosis of dementia
adjusted hazard ratio
acute respiratory distress syndrome
cumulative incidence competing risks
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, clinical modification
post-traumatic stress disorder
renal replacement therapy
Standard Analytic Files.
Hannah Wunsch had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. Role of the Sponsor: The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study, the analysis and interpretation of data, or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
This research was supported by a Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) Research Fellowship Grant from 2008 to 2009 and Award Number K08AG038477 from the National Institute On Aging, and the National Center for Research Resources and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through Grant Number UL1 RR024156 to Hannah Wunsch.
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3. The EnhanceLite from LEDnovation. The Tampa-based company demonstrates why a bulb is more than the sum of its parts. LEDnovation inserts LEDs from Osram into its bulb, similar to other manufacturers, but the optical systems and components it combines with those chips result in the Alfa Romeo of bulbs. If you stare at most LED bulbs, you can pick out the actual LEDs:you can't with the EnhanceLite. It puts out a large amount of warm light and distributes it evenly. The 60-watt equivalent consumes about 6 watts, making it more energy efficient than most other LED bulbs.
Plus, the company wraps the whole thing in a stylish aluminum heat sinks with a nice paint job.
The problem? They aren't easy to find—the company will ramp up production in 2012—and that means a somewhat high retail price. I've seen these sell in the $60 to $90 range. For now, a bulb strictly for connoisseurs.
4. The Noribachi Topaz. Similar story to the EnhanceLite: a fine, upscale bulb that is really priced only for bulb nuts right now. The heat sink is orange, giving it a bit of flair. It puts out a little more light than the omnidirectional Lighting Science bulb but costs nearly double at $45 to $50.
5. The Pharox line from Lemnis Lighting. With Lemnis, you start to get into more generic bulbs. The Pharox bulbs might put out a little bit less light than the others above it on the list, but they still consume less power than incandescents or CFLs. The Pharox 400—which gives off more like than a 40 watt but less than a 60 watt—costs $20 to $25 online. It's the Honda Civic of bulbs. More powerful bulbs were expected earlier in the fall but apparently have been delayed. Lemnis seems to have an inventive team, support from investors and a founder that comes from the Philips family so they are a name to watch.
6. The EnduraLED from Philips. Philips has won prizes for its LED breakthroughs. It's also one of the oldest and largest names in lighting. Unfortunately, the bulbs sold to consumers, or at least the one I tested,fall a bit short. The light is a bit orange and the bulb doesn't emit as much light as some others, but sell for about the same price. Philips has a 60 watt equivalent on the market for $24.97 and a 75 watt for $39.97.
Plus, the heat sink (see photo) looks disturbing. You don't the design in lamps (where the bulb works best) but you can't help but stare in a ceiling light. My wife calls it the Hannibal Lecter face mask bulb. Some bulb aficionados have told me to try the EnduraLED again. The technology continues to improve, but for now it ranks below other options.
7. General Electric. Two things to note. First, it costs $34.98, or more than other bulbs that put out 450 odd lumens (call it a 40 watt plus equivalent bulb). Second, the bulb is surrounded by a claw. Unless you're going for that deranged magician look, the other options might be more appealing.
8. Switch. Switch, formerly SuperBulbs, burst out of stealth mode earlier this year with one of the wackiest LED bulbs yet: a liquid filled bulb. One of the chronic problems with LED bulbs is that the LEDs emit heat, lots of it. Most manufacturers wrap their bulbs in aluminum heat sinks to ameliorate the problem, but they also have to take other measures. Typically, the put in more LEDs than necessary and run them as less than optimal power levels.
The liquid inside Switch's bulb changes that. The liquid, perhaps a basic mineral oil, helps dissipate heat by continually circulating. (Switch initially wanted to use gel, but gel doesn't circulate.) Better heat flow lets Switch use fewer chips but run them at higher voltages, thereby increasing performance and reducing cost at the same time.
Plus, it's intriguing. You actually end up staring at the bulb: the insides look like the city from Fritz Lang's Metropolis. Others are working on liquid bulbs, but Switch could be the first in retail.
The problem? The bulbs are expected before the year end, but aren't out yet. So keep looking. When they hit, they could jump to the top of the list.


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Thanks to our friend Gerald Nicosia, Jack Kerouac's best biographer (Memory Babe) as far are we are concerned, Marie Timperley and I had the pleasure of meeting and discussing for about twenty minutes with Kristen Stewart in Montréal. She was intersted in hearing a little more on Jack's French Canadian and Breton origins. As we had agreed to a privacy agreement, we could not inform our members earlier.
so i contacted the person that posted it asking if he would post the interview with kristen.
This is from J.A. Michel Bornais who runs the Kirouac Family Association.
Bonjour Emma,
It was not intended as an interview. This was more of an exchange of information pertaining to filming of the documentary "In Search of the Road" to be produced in parallel with On The Road.
As Kristen Stewart showed interest, she joinded the discussion and asked questions about Jack's French Canadian and Breton origins. Then Jan came into the picture, which was new to her.
On the Road is part reality, part fiction and has very little to do with Jack's own biography and his family, but the documentary should be more specific.
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While patriots condemn the French for not being proper sycophants to Uncle Sam's forever war, I have always applauded the naturally obstinate and perverse among them. Take Metal Urbain, guys who attempted a failed trip around and through punk rock as a flailing guitar band without a flesh-and-blood drummer in the late '70s.
With big-deal axes, bitter attitude, indecipherable rantingall you could grasp were the panicked cries of "Fasciste!" in "Paris Maquis"and a pre-Linn drum machine, Metal Urbain were a recipe for singles success in a record shop in Northampton, a Pennsylvania town valued for its concrete mix. A few locals, starved for rock violence that didn't sound like FM, patronized the place and fought over dibs at the kranky Frenchmen.
The Metal Urbain micro-mania was duplicated across the country in a few stores that could import the band's synth-percussion-augmented punk. A year or so after, a few imitative American bands began peddling tapes. Smersh in Jersey, F/i in the Midwest, the Psyclones in California, and others tried their hands with tweezed synth-drums and garage rock. But it was too early, apparently; Big Black were a year or two away. If you were using a drum computer, it was art-dance à la modeooh, that's Frenchor die. Even their countrymen didn't like Metal Urbain much; their homies snubbed 'em for foreigners and the likes of Ganafoul (a boogie band), Telephone (a Franc Rolling Stones cruelly heckled in their one trip to the States), and Trust (a deadening third-string metal act).
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But now Metal Urbain, as brutal pioneers, finally have a proper American archival release: Anarchy in Paris! The lyrics are still a mystery, but the spare punch-yer-face power chords colliding with snarls from agitated men get your blood flowing. The band's trashed electro-drum widget whirs angrily in time, crunching through an idea of how "Train Kept a Rollin' "/"Honey Hush" ought to soundFoghat for the Hansel und Gretyl crowd.
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What features does the service have?
How will the service offering be priced?
The service will be offered as two main options:
- An annual Software bundle with hosting and support based on number of software installations or
- An annual Enterprise Software site license with hosting and support.
Will there be a data transfer charge for the service offerings?
When will the service offering(s) be available for my university?
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