Purpose Functional status and chronic health status are important baseline characteristics of
critically ill patients. The assessment of frailty on admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) …

The clinical description that defines acute lung injury (ALI) has been around for more than
50 years. The clinical picture has carried many different definitions, but what was known as …

Purpose Very old critical ill patients are a rapid expanding group in the ICU. Indications for
admission, triage criteria and level of care are frequently discussed for such patients …

Objectives: To update the Society of Critical Care Medicine's guidelines for ICU admission,
discharge, and triage, providing a framework for clinical practice, the development of …

Purpose The effect of advanced age per se versus severity of chronic and acute diseases on
the short-and long-term survival of older patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) …

Background There is currently no international recommendation for the admission or
treatment of the critically ill older patients over 80 years of age in the intensive care unit …

Sepsis is a prevalent, serious medical condition with substantial mortality and a significant
consumption of health-care resources. Its incidence has increased around 9% annually in …

Importance The high mortality rate in critically ill elderly patients has led to questioning of the
beneficial effect of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and to a variable ICU use among this …

Although increasing numbers of very elderly patients are requiring intensive care, few large
sample studies have investigated ICU admission of very elderly patients. Data on pre triage …

Background The population is aging. We examined changes in the proportion of elderly (≥
80 years) intensive care unit (ICU) patients during 2005–2011 and the association between …