Elderly patients in the intensive care unit;Patient âgé aux soins intensifs

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 5, Issue 229, 2009, Pages 2494-2498

  Conti, Marco ^a,b   Merlani, Paolo ^a,b   Eckert, Philippe ^c,d  

^a HUG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital de Sion   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; ARTICLE; GERIATRICS;

AGED; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 74749089102     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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