The status of intensive care medicine research and a future agenda for very old patients in the ICU

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1319-1328

  Flaatten, H ^a   de Lange, D W ^b   Artigas, A ^c   Bin, D ^d   Moreno, R ^e   Christensen, S ^f   Joynt, G M ^g   Bagshaw, Sean M ^h   Sprung, C L ⁱ   Benoit, D ^j   Soares, M ^k   Guidet, B ^l,m,n  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^e HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOSÉ   (Portugal)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁱ HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^k D OR INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IDOR   (Brazil)

^l HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^m SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

ⁿ INSTITUT PIERRE LOUIS D EPIDÉMIOLOGIE ET DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (France)

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Author keywords

Elderly; Frailty; ICU; Mortality; Octogenarians; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY RATE; REVIEW; SHARED DECISION MAKING; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRAILTY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; CRITICAL CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FRAILTY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 85013810474     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4718-z     Document Type: Review

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