Ten-year trends in intensive care admissions for respiratory infections in the elderly.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The consequences of the ageing population concerning ICU hospitalisation need to be adequately described. We believe that this discussion should be disease specific. A focus on respiratory infections is of particular interest, because it is strongly associated with old age. Our objective was to assess trends in demographics over a decade among elderly patients admitted to the ICU for acute respiratory infections.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was performed between 2006 and 2015 based on hospital discharge databases in one French region (2.5 million inhabitants). Patients with acute respiratory infection were selected according to the specific ICD-10 diagnosis codes recorded, including acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) and commu

SUBMITTER: Laporte L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6093821 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature