Characteristics, outcomes, and complications among nonagenarian and centenarian patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nonagenarians and centenarians are a growing and vulnerable groups of patients admitted to ICU. There is limited information on their characteristics, outcomes, and complications.

Methods

We performed a scoping review of studies focused on nonagenarians and centenarians admitted to ICU. We assessed their characteristics, the presence of frailty, the presence of comorbidities, their complications, their ICU and hospital length of stay and mortality and their long-term outcomes.

Results

We assessed 36 studies, mostly retrospective, with one classified as a National Quality Registry study and another as a prospective analysis of two large multinational cohorts. The studies involved 16,859 patients with a mean age of 92.4 years and a male prevalence of 39.3%.

SUBMITTER: Suh JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11907827 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature