Morbidity and mortality of the old and oldest-old patients in the intensive care unit
| Autor: | MM de Alemida, AA Peixoto, FA de Meneses, RQ de Souza |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study Icu patients Acute coronary syndrome Fatal outcome business.industry health care facilities manpower and services Population Psychological intervention social sciences Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Oldest old medicine.disease Intensive care unit humanities law.invention law Emergency medicine Poster Presentation medicine Intensive care medicine education Elderly patient business |
| Zdroj: | Critical Care |
| ISSN: | 1466-609X 1364-8535 |
| Popis: | Demographic changes, new drugs and interventions increase population survival. Elderly patients make up over 25% of patients in the ICU. However, the mortality of elderly ICU patients is controversial. The survival of elderly patients admitted to an ICU in Brazil has not been studied. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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