Journal article
The role of clinical phenotypes in decisions to limit life-sustaining treatment for very old patients in the ICU
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Limiting life-sustaining treatment (LST) in the intensive care unit (ICU) by withholding or withdrawing interventional therapies is considered appropriate if there is no expectation of beneficial outcome. Prognostication for very old patients is challenging due to the substantial biological and functional heterogeneity in that group. We have previously identified seven phenotypes in that cohort with distinct patterns of acute and …
Authors
Mousai O; Tafoureau L; Yovell T; Flaatten H; Guidet B; Beil M; de Lange D; Leaver S; Szczeklik W; Fjolner J
Journal
Annals of Intensive Care, Vol. 13, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1186/s13613-023-01136-7
ISSN
2110-5820