Quality of life in patients aged 80 or over after ICU discharge
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Quality of life in patients aged 80 or over after ICU discharge
INTRODUCTION Our objective was to describe self-sufficiency and quality of life one year after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge of patients aged 80 years or over. METHODS We performed a prospective observational study in a medical-surgical ICU in a tertiary non-university hospital. We included patients aged 80 or over at ICU admission in 2005 or 2006 and we recorded age, admission diagnosi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: 10.1186/cc8231