Do elderly intensive care unit patients receive less intensive care treatment and have higher mortality?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1298-1305

  Andersen, F H ^a,b   Kvale R ^c,d  

^a lesund Hospital   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Helse Bergen HF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; VENTILATOR;

EID: 84867575173     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2012.02782.x     Document Type: Article

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