Outcome assessment in elderly patients with critical illness and respiratory failure.
Although elderly patients tend to have diminished physiologic reserve, the independent impact of age on outcome from critical illness is controversial. Physiologic status is perhaps a more important measure of a patient's underlying health and anticipated response to critical illness. Age, therefore, should not be used as a sole determinant for intensive care department admission.
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Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D003422:Critical Care; D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D015996:Survival Rate; D014218:Triage