Propensity-Adjusted Comparison of Mortality of Elderly Versus Very Elderly Ventilated Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The growing proportion of elderly intensive care patients constitutes a public health challenge. The benefit of critical care in these patients remains unclear. We compared outcomes in elderly versus very elderly subjects receiving mechanical ventilation.

Methods

In total, 5,557 mechanically ventilated subjects were included in our post hoc retrospective analysis, a subgroup of the VENTILA study. We divided the cohort into 2 subgroups on the basis of age: very elderly subjects (age ≥ 80 y; n = 1,430), and elderly subjects (age 65-79 y; n = 4,127). A propensity score on being very elderly was calculated. Evaluation of associations with 28-d mortality was done with logistic regression analysis.

Results

Very elderly subjects were clinically sicke

SUBMITTER: Wernly B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9994107 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature