Longitudinal changes in ICU admissions among elderly patients in the United States

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1353-1360

  Sjoding, Michael W ^a,b   Prescott, Hallie C ^a,c   Wunsch, Hannah ^d,e   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a,b,c,f   Cooke, Colin R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VA CENTER FOR CLINICAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH   (United States)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; critical care; longitudinal studies; respiratory insufficiency; sepsis; utilization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CORONARY CARE UNIT; MEDICAL FEE; TRENDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960414906     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001664     Document Type: Article

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