Are elderly patients' opinions sought before admission to an intensive care unit? Results of the ICE-CUB study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 303-309

  Le Guen, Julien ^a   Boumendil, Ariane ^b   Guidet, Bertrand ^c   Corvol, Aline ^d,e   Saint Jean, Olivier ^a   Somme, Dominique ^e  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d CRAPE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Decision making process; Intensive care; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FRANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84960958985     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv191     Document Type: Article

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