Outcome of critically ill oldest-old patients (aged 90 and older) admitted to the intensive care unit

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 110-114

  Rellos, Konstantinos ^a   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b,c   Vardakas, Konstantinos Z ^b   Sermaides, George ^b   Michalopoulos, Argyris ^b,d  

^a HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FCCM   (Greece)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health services utilization; Outcome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645123054     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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