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The Elderly Patient and the Intensive Care Unit
At least 20–50 % of all ICU admissions occur in patients older than 65 years of age, and geriatric patients account for almost 60 % of all ICU days. Unfortunately, many older patients’ final days are spent in the ICU; 40 % of Medicare patients who die are admitted to an ICU during their terminal ill...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7120603/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3888-5_12 |