Long-term survival and quality of life after intensive care for patients 80 years of age or older

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Andersen, Finn H ^a,b   Flaatten, Hans ^c,d   Klepstad, Pål ^b,e   Romild, Ulla ^f,g   Kvåle, Reidar ^c  

^a Møre and Romsdal Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

^g SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; HRQOL; Intensive care unit; Long term outcome; Mortality; Octogenarians; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISCHEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SHORT TERM SURVIVAL; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84931274113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13613-015-0053-0     Document Type: Article

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