[The importance of geriatrics-intensive care collaboration].
As is the case with all medical and surgical departments, the proportion of elderly patients in intensive care departments is gradually increasing.At Ambroise Pare hospital, in Boulogne-Billancourt, a natural collaboration has been set up between intensive care staff and geriatricians to adapt the care provided and to limit situations of unreasonable therapeutic obstinacy, notably thanks to a standardised gathering of information.
Service de réanimation médico-chirurgicale, pôle thorax-vaisseaux-digestif-metabolisme, hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France. cyril.charron@apr.aphp.fr
Cyril
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Charron
Service de gériatrie, pôle médecine spécialisée-infection-inflammation, hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Tristan
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Cudennec
Service de gériatrie, pôle médecine spécialisée-infection-inflammation, hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Sophie
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Moulias
Service de réanimation médico-chirurgicale, pôle thorax-vaisseaux-digestif-metabolisme, hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Antoine
A
Vieillard-Baron
Service de gériatrie, pôle médecine spécialisée-infection-inflammation, hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Laurent
L
Teillet
D000368:Aged; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003422:Critical Care; D005602:France; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D010348:Patient Care Team