Decision-making process, outcome, and 1-year quality of life of octogenarians referred for intensive care unit admission

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1045-1051

  Garrouste Orgeas, Maité ^a   Timsit, Jean François ^b   Montuclard, Luc ^c   Colvez, Alain ^d   Gattolliat, Olivier ^a   Philippart, François ^a   Rigal, Guillaume ^a   Misset, Benoit ^a   Carlet, Jean ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Ethics; Intensive care unit; Quality of life; Triage

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFUSAL TO TREAT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 33745441030     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0169-7     Document Type: Article

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