Journal article
Frailty increases mortality among patients ≥ 80 years old treated in Polish ICUs
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The increasing population of very old intensive care patients (VIPs) is a major challenge currently faced by clinicians and policymakers. Reliable indicators of VIPs' prognosis and purposefulness of their admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) are urgently needed.
METHODS: This is a report from the Polish sample of the VIP1 multicentre cohort study (NCT03134807). Patients ≥ 80 years of age admitted to the ICU were included in …
Authors
Fronczek J; Polok KJ; Nowak-Kózka I; Włudarczyk A; Górka J; Czuczwar M; Krawczyk P; Ziętkiewicz M; Nowak ŁR; Żukowski M
Journal
Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 245–251
Publisher
Termedia Sp. z.o.o.
Publication Date
2018
DOI
10.5603/ait.a2018.0032
ISSN
1642-5758