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Very old patients admitted to intensive care in Australia and New Zealand: a multi-centre cohort analysis

INTRODUCTION: Older age is associated with higher prevalence of chronic illness and functional impairment, contributing to an increased rate of hospitalization and admission to intensive care. The primary objective was to evaluate the rate, characteristics and outcomes of very old (age ≥ 80 years) p...

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Autores principales: Bagshaw, Sean M, Webb, Steve AR, Delaney, Anthony, George, Carol, Pilcher, David, Hart, Graeme K, Bellomo, Rinaldo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2689489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19335921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc7768