Elderly Trauma Patients Do Well in Non-ICU Wards
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Do elderly patients fare well in the ICU?
BACKGROUND A recent update of the Mortality Probability Model (MPM)-III found 14% of intensive care patients had age as their only MPM risk factor for hospital mortality. This subgroup had a low mortality rate (2% vs 14% overall), and pronounced differences were noted among elderly patients. This article is an expanded analysis of age-related mortality rates in patients in the ICU. METHODS Pr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Caring for the Ages
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1526-4114
DOI: 10.1016/j.carage.2017.02.014