Very old patients admitted to intensive care in Australia and New Zealand: A multi-centre cohort analysis

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Bagshaw, Sean M ^a,b   Webb, Steve A R ^c,d   Delaney, Anthony ^e   George, Carol ^f   Pilcher, David ^g   Hart, Graeme K ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^h  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS)   (Australia)

^g ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649120775     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc7768     Document Type: Article

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