Outcome of intensive care in the elderly

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1130-1136

  Djaiani, George ^a,b   Ridley, S ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age factors; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030727625     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.237-az0369.x     Document Type: Article

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