Caring for the critically ill patients over 80: a narrative review

Abstract Background There is currently no international recommendation for the admission or treatment of the critically ill older patients over 80 years of age in the intensive care unit (ICU), and there is no valid prognostic severity score that includes specific geriatric assessments. Main body In...

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Main Authors: Bertrand Guidet, Helene Vallet, Jacques Boddaert, Dylan W. de Lange, Alessandro Morandi, Guillaume Leblanc, Antonio Artigas, Hans Flaatten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-11-01
Series:Annals of Intensive Care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-018-0458-7