Trends in severity of illness on ICU admission and mortality among the elderly.

<h4>Background</h4>There is an increase in admission rate for elderly patients to the ICU. Mortality rates are lower when more liberal ICU admission threshold are compared to more restrictive threshold. We sought to describe the temporal trends in elderly admissions and outcomes in a ter...

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Main Authors: Lior Fuchs, Victor Novack, Stuart McLennan, Leo Anthony Celi, Yael Baumfeld, Shinhyuk Park, Michael D Howell, Daniel S Talmor
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/4b8798ec6e114612a9e73260777e40e5
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