Sepsis at ICU admission does not decrease 30-day survival in very old patients: a post-hoc analysis of the VIP1 multinational cohort study

Sepsis at ICU admission does not decrease 30-day survival in very old patients: a post-hoc analysis of the VIP1 multinational cohort study

Abstract Background The number of intensive care patients aged ≥ 80 years (Very old Intensive Care Patients; VIPs) is growing. VIPs have high mortality and morbidity and the benefits of ICU admission are frequently questioned. Sepsis incidence has risen in recent years and identification of outcomes...

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Main Authors: Mercedes Ibarz, Ariane Boumendil, Lenneke E. M. Haas, Marian Irazabal, Hans Flaatten, Dylan W. de Lange, Alessandro Morandi, Finn H. Andersen, Guido Bertolini, Maurizio Cecconi, Steffen Christensen, Loredana Faraldi, Jesper Fjølner, Christian Jung, Brian Marsh, Rui Moreno, Sandra Oeyen, Christina Agwald Öhman, Bernardo Bollen Pinto, Ivo W. Soliman, Wojciech Szczeklik, Andreas Valentin, Ximena Watson, Tilemachos Zaferidis, Bertrand Guidet, Antonio Artigas, the VIP1 study
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-05-01
Series:Annals of Intensive Care
Subjects:
Sepsis
Very old
Intensive care
Severity of illness
Outcome
Survival
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-020-00672-w

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