Intensive care of the elderly in Finland

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 522-529

  Reinikainen, M ^a,b   Uusaro, A ^b   Niskanen, M ^c   Ruokonen, E ^b  

^a NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Intensive care; Mortality; Outcome; Resource consumption; Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH TRANSITION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34147150171     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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