Should the oldest-old be admitted to the intensive care unit and receive advanced life-supporting care?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 303-304

  Wilson, Donna M ^a   Thurston, Amy ^a   Lichlyter, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageism; Ageist; Aging; Critical care; Evidence; ICU; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGING; EDITORIAL; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; AGED; CANADA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74049145214     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b4a263     Document Type: Editorial

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