Journal article
Consent is a confounding factor in a prospective observational study of critically ill elderly patients
Abstract
During analysis of a prospective multinational observation study of critically ill patients ≥80 years of age, the VIP2 study, we also studied the effects of differences in country consent for study inclusion. This is a post hoc analysis where the ICUs were analyzed according to requirement for study consent. Group A: ICUs in countries with no requirement for consent at admission but with deferred consent in survivors. Group B: ICUs where some …
Authors
Flaatten H; Guidet B; Jung C; Boumendil A; Leaver S; Szczeklik W; Artigas A; Andersen F; Moreno R; Walther S
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 17, No. 10,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0276386
ISSN
1932-6203