The very elderly admitted to ICU: A quality finish?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1352-1360

  Heyland, Daren ^a   Cook, Deborah ^b   Bagshaw, Sean M ^c   Garland, Allan ^d   Stelfox, Henry T ^e,f   Mehta, Sangeeta ^g   Dodek, Peter ^h   Kutsogiannis, Jim ^c   Burns, Karen ⁱ   Muscedere, John ^j   Turgeon, Alexis F ^k   Fowler, Rob ^l   Jiang, Xuran ^a   Day, Andrew G ^a  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^g MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k University Laval   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

critical illness; end of life care; follow up study; octogenarian; outcome assessment; palliative care; quality of life

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84937577481     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001024     Document Type: Article

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