Amount of care per survivor in young and older patients hospitalized in intensive care unit: a retrospective study

Amount of care per survivor in young and older patients hospitalized in intensive care unit: a retrospective study

It is unknown whether the amount of care deployed in the intensive care unit population divided by the number of survivors, that is, amount of care per survivor including the care performed for nonsurvivors, differs between patients older and younger than 75 years of age. Data were extracted from th...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2014-10, Vol.69 (10), p.1291-1298
Hauptverfasser: Khouri, Tarik, Kabeshova, Anastasia, Annweiler, Cedric, Mercat, Alain, Beauchet, Olivier, Lerolle, Nicolas
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Female
Gerontology
Health Care Rationing
Hospitalization
Humans
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units
Male
Middle Aged
Patients
Physiology
Retrospective Studies
Survivor
Survivors
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Zusammenfassung:It is unknown whether the amount of care deployed in the intensive care unit population divided by the number of survivors, that is, amount of care per survivor including the care performed for nonsurvivors, differs between patients older and younger than 75 years of age. Data were extracted from the computerized files of all 2,220 patients admitted in a medical intensive care unit between January 2009 and December 2010. Patients ≥75 and
ISSN:1079-5006
1758-535X
DOI:10.1093/gerona/glu051