On the benefit of intensive care for very old patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1116-1117

  Boumendil, Ariane ^a,b,c   Latouche, Aurélien ^a,d   Guidet, Bertrand ^b,c,e  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^e HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 79960143941     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.102     Document Type: Letter

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