Characteristics, management and outcomes of critically ill patients who are 80 years and older: A retrospective comparative cohort study

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Al Dorzi, Hasan M ^a   Tamim, Hani M ^b,c   Mundekkadan, Shihab ^d   Sohail, Muhammad R ^d   Arabi, Yaseen M ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aged 80 and over; Critical illness; Health outcome; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84965189730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-14-126     Document Type: Article

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