title: Intensive care for the elderly: should the gates remain open?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center, NY 10802.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Brandstetter
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D003422:Critical Care / Q000639:trends*; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000639:trends*; D006295:Health Resources / Q000639:trends*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D018579:Patient Selection; D011379:Prognosis; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000401:mortality; D028761:Withholding Treatment