Impact of age on mortality and transfer to long-term care in patients in an intensive care unit

Autor: Eunki Chung, Kyung Soo Chung, Ah Young Leem, Ala Woo, Moo Suk Park, Young Sam Kim, Su Hwan Lee
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMC Geriatrics, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-04526-5
Popis: Abstract Background In the global trend of population aging, age is one of the significant factors to be considered in critically ill patients. However, the impact of age on clinical outcomes and long-term prognosis in this population varies across different studies. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis for patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) (30 beds) between January 2017 and December 2020 at the tertiary referral hospital in Korea. Patients were classified into three groups according to age:
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