title: Almost half of octogenarians and nonagenarians admitted acutely to internal medicine ward die during admission or within 6 months after discharge: time to redefine treatment goals?
authors: General Hospital of Rethymnon, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece.
authors: Garyfalia S
authors: GS
authors: Perysinaki
authors: Vasiliki
authors: V
authors: Theodorakopoulou
authors: Antonios
authors: A
authors: Bertsias
authors: Eleni
authors: E
authors: Peteinaraki
authors: Nikolaos
authors: N
authors: Tsachakis-Mueck
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Giaka
authors: George K
authors: GK
authors: Bertsias
authors: Dimitrios T
authors: DT
authors: Boumpas
authors: Symeon H
authors: SH
authors: Panagiotakis
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000369:Aged, 80 and over / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D015996:Survival Rate