The impact of frailty on ICU and 30-day mortality and the level of care in very elderly patients (≥ 80 years)

Purpose Very old critical ill patients are a rapid expanding group in the ICU. Indications for admission, triage criteria and level of care are frequently discussed for such patients. However, most relevant outcome studies in this group frequently find an increased mortality and a reduced quality of...

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Published in:Intensive care medicine 2017-12, Vol.43 (12), p.1820-1828
Main Authors: Flaatten, Hans, De Lange, Dylan W., Morandi, Alessandro, Andersen, Finn H., Artigas, Antonio, Bertolini, Guido, Boumendil, Ariane, Cecconi, Maurizio, Christensen, Steffen, Faraldi, Loredana, Fjølner, Jesper, Jung, Christian, Marsh, Brian, Moreno, Rui, Oeyen, Sandra, Öhman, Christina Agwald, Pinto, Bernardo Bollen, Soliman, Ivo W., Szczeklik, Wojciech, Valentin, Andreas, Watson, Ximena, Zaferidis, Tilemachos, Guidet, Bertrand
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged patients
Anesthesiology
Comparative analysis
Critical Care Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Frailty
France
Geriatrics
Intensive
Intensive care
Kidney transplantation
Life Sciences
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Medicine, Experimental
Missing data
Mortality
Norway
Older people
Original
Pain Medicine
Patient outcomes
Patients
Pediatrics
Pneumology/Respiratory System
Quality of life
Survival
Vasoactive agents
Ventilation
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