Journal article
The Very Elderly Admitted to ICU
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Very elderly persons admitted to ICUs are at high risk of death. To document life-sustaining interventions (mechanical ventilation, vasopressors, renal replacement therapy) provided in the ICU and outcomes of care.
DESIGN: Multicenter, prospective cohort study.
Authors
Heyland D; Cook D; Bagshaw SM; Garland A; Stelfox HT; Mehta S; Dodek P; Kutsogiannis J; Burns K; Muscedere J
Journal
Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 43, No. 7, pp. 1352–1360
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
July 2015
DOI
10.1097/ccm.0000000000001024
ISSN
0090-3493