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The Very Elderly Admitted to ICU

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The Very Elderly Admitted to ICU

Abstract

(Abstracted from Crit Care Med, 43:1352–1360, 2015) End-of-life care can be inconsistent with patient preferences. More than 70% of critically ill elderly patients receive life-sustaining therapies when, in fact, preserving quality of life is more important to them than duration of survival.

Authors

Heyland D; Cook D; Bagshaw SM; Garland A; Stelfox HT; Mehta S; Dodek P; Kutsogiannis J; Burns K; Muscedere J

Journal

Survey of Anesthesiology, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 104–105

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

June 1, 2016

DOI

10.1097/01.sa.0000482078.23411.4a

ISSN

0039-6206

Associated Experts

Deborah Cook

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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Fields of Research (FoR)

4203 Health Services and Systems 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies 42 Health Sciences

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