Journal article
Outcomes of elderly critically ill medical and surgical patients: a multicentre cohort study
Abstract
PurposeVery elderly (over 80 yr of age) critically ill patients admitted to medical-surgical intensive care units (ICUs) have a high incidence of mortality, prolonged hospital length of stay, and dependent living conditions should they survive. The primary purpose of this study is to describe the outcomes and differences in outcomes between very elderly medical patients and their surgical counterparts admitted to Canadian ICUs, thereby …
Authors
Ball IM; Bagshaw SM; Burns KEA; Cook DJ; Day AG; Dodek PM; Kutsogiannis DJ; Mehta S; Muscedere JG; Turgeon AF
Journal
Journal canadien d'anesthésie, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 260–269
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
March 2017
DOI
10.1007/s12630-016-0798-4
ISSN
0832-610X