Critically Ill Elderly Who Require Mechanical Ventilation: The Effects of Age on Survival Outcomes and Resource Utilisation in the Medical Intensive Care Unit of a General Hospital

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 691-696

  Tang, E Y ^a   Hsu, L F ^b   Lam, K N Sin Fai ^a   Pang, W S ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elderly; Intensive care; Length of stay; Mechanical ventilation; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0242467555     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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