Critically ill elderly patients (≥ 90 years): Clinical characteristics, outcome and financial implications

BACKGROUND: Patients aged over 90 are being admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) with increasing frequency. The appropriateness of such decisions still remains controversial due to questionable outcome, limited resources and costs. Our objective was to determine the clinical characteristics and o...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Le Borgne, Pierrick, Maestraggi, Quentin, Couraud, Sophie, Lefebvre, François, Herbrecht, Jean-Etienne, Boivin, Alexandra, Michard, Baptiste, Castelain, Vincent, Kaltenbach, Georges, Bilbault, Pascal, Schneider, Francis
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5983531/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29856809
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198360
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