Are we ever too old?

Are we ever too old?

The aging population increases the demand of intensive care unit (ICU) treatments. However, the availability of ICU beds is limited. Thus, ICU admission of octogenarians is considered controversial. The population above 80 years is a very heterogeneous group though, and age alone might not be the best predictor. Aim of this study was to analyze resource consumption and outcome of octogenarians ...

Octogenarians in the ICU: are you ever too old?

Long-term morbidity and mortality rates for older patients admitted to the ICU remain substantial. In this issue of Critical Care, Roch and colleagues describe a retrospective study evaluating factors associated with survival and quality-of-life of octogenarians (aged ≥80 years) admitted to a medical ICU. This study proposes to address a highly relevant and increasingly encountered scenario in ...

Are We Consuming Too Much

I s humanity’s use of Earth’s resources endangering the economic possibilities open to our descendants? There is wide disagreement on the question. Many people worry about the growth in our use of natural resources over the past century. Some of this increase reflects the higher resource demands from a growing world population. But it also reflects the growth of per capita output and consumptio...

Are we spending too much on HIV?

The Elite University : Are we too selective ?

This paper attempts a socio-economic analysis of elite institutions in India and uses employment options exercised by fresh graduates as a key indicator. We point to its implications to national objectives and development outcomes. We use IIT Bombay as a representative institution and analyse the employment data for the year 2013. Our analysis shows that most graduates of IIT Bombay do not choo...