Association between age and use of intensive care among surgical Medicare beneficiaries

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 597-605

  Wunsch, Hannah ^a,b   Gershengorn, Hayley B ^c   Guerra, Carmen ^a   Rowe, John ^b   Li, Guohua ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Beth Israel Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Hospital mortality; Intensive care unit; Surgical procedures; Triage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OPEN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OPERATIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRIAGE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883558335     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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