title: Optimizing outcomes for older patients treated in the intensive care unit.
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy/Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 6th Floor Medical Center East #6109, Nashville, TN , 37232-8300, USA. wes.ely@vanderbilt.edu.
authors.forename: E Wesley
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Ely
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010297:Paris / Q000453:epidemiology; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome