Variability of intensive care admission decisions for the very elderly.

Variability of intensive care admission decisions for the very elderly.

Although increasing numbers of very elderly patients are requiring intensive care, few large sample studies have investigated ICU admission of very elderly patients. Data on pre triage by physicians from other specialities is limited. This observational cohort study aims at examining inter-hospital...

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Main Authors: Ariane Boumendil, Derek C Angus, Anne-Laure Guitonneau, Anne-Marie Menn, Christine Ginsburg, Khalil Takun, Alain Davido, Rafik Masmoudi, Benoît Doumenc, Dominique Pateron, Maité Garrouste-Orgeas, Dominique Somme, Tabassome Simon, Philippe Aegerter, Bertrand Guidet, ICE-CUB study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3324496?pdf=render

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