Do elderly patients fare well in the ICU?

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 825-831

  Nathanson, Brian H ^a   Higgins, Thomas L ^b   Brennan, Maura J ^b   Kramer, Andrew A ^c   Stark, Maureen ^c   Teres, Daniel ^b  

^a OptiStatim LLC   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CERNER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 79953762020     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1233     Document Type: Article

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