Long-Term Outcomes after ICU Admission Triage in Octogenarians

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2017, Pages e363-e371

  Andersen, Finn H ^a,b   Flaatten, Hans ^c,d   Klepstad, Pål ^b,e   Follestad, Turid ^b   Strand, Kristian ^f   Krüger, Andreas J ^e   Hahn, Michael ^g   Buskop, Christian ^h   Rime, Anne Karin ^h   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 STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g HAUGESUND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h Østfold Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

elderly; health related quality of life; intensive care unit; mortality; octogenarians; survival; triage

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN SURVIVAL TIME; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84987625010     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002098     Document Type: Article

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