Unplanned admission to the intensive care unit in the very elderly and risk of in-hospital mortality
Background: Unplanned admission to the intensive care unit has been shown to significantly increase the risk of in-hospital mortality. Medical advances and increased expectations have resulted in a greater number of very elderly patients (80 years and over) being admitted to the ICU. The risk of in-...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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College of Intensive Care Medicine
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42721 |