Very old patients urgently referred to the intensive care unit: Long-term outcomes for admitted and declined patients

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 157-164

  Hoffman, Kenneth R ^a,b   Loong, Bronwyn ^b   Van Haren, Frank ^a,b  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY; WELFARE; AGE; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTENSIVE CARE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SELECTION; TIME FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84987641977     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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