Outcomes of older people receiving intensive care in Victoria

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 323-326

  Duke, Graeme J ^a   Barker, Anna ^b   Knott, Cameron I ^c   Santamaria, John D ^d  

^a BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 84901404747     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10132     Document Type: Article

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