Characteristics and Outcomes of Very Elderly Patients Admitted to Intensive Care: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To characterize and compare trends in ICU admission, hospital outcomes, and resource utilization for critically ill very elderly patients (≥ 80 yr old) compared with the younger cohort (16-79 yr old).

Design

A retrospective multicenter cohort study.

Setting

One-hundred ninety-four ICUs contributing data to the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation Adult Patient Database between January 2006 and December 2018.

Patients

Adult (≥ 16 yr) patients admitted to Australian and New Zealand ICUs.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Very elderly patients with a mean ± sd age of 84.8 ± 3.7 years accounted for 14.8% (232,582/1,568,959) of all adult ICU admissions. They had higher c

SUBMITTER: Rai S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10497207 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature