The long-term conditional mortality rate in older ICU patients compared to the general population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding how preexisting comorbidities may interact with a critical illness is important for the assessment of long-term survival probability of older patients admitted to the ICU.

Material and methods

The mortality after a first ICU admission in patients ≥ 55 years old registered in the Swedish Intensive Care Registry was compared to age- and sex-matched individuals from the general population with a landmark after 1 year. The comparison was adjusted for age, sex, and baseline comorbidity using Cox regression.

Results

The 7-year study period included 140 008 patients, of whom 23% were 80 years or older. Patients surviving the first year remained at an increased risk compared to the general population, but much of this difference was attenuated after a

SUBMITTER: Aronsson Dannewitz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11566578 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature