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The impact of performance status and comorbidities on the short-term prognosis of very elderly patients admitted to the ICU

BACKGROUND: Patients ≥80 years of age are increasingly being admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). The impact of relevant variables, such comorbidities and performance status, on short-term outcomes in the very elderly is largely unknown. Few studies address the calibration of illness severity...

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Autores principales: Zampieri, Fernando G, Colombari, Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4112835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25071415
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-14-59