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 ou...
Main Authors: | Pierrick Le Borgne, Quentin Maestraggi, Sophie Couraud, François Lefebvre, Jean-Etienne Herbrecht, Alexandra Boivin, Baptiste Michard, Vincent Castelain, Georges Kaltenbach, Pascal Bilbault, Francis Schneider |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5983531?pdf=render |
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