The “very old intensive care patients”(abbreviated to VOPs; greater than 80 years old) are
probably the fastest expanding subgroup of all intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Up until …

Background Has either the underlying risk or the mortality incidence among ICU patients
receiving mechanical ventilation (MV) in the literature changed in recent decades …

Improving the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) management network and building cost-effective
and well-managed healthcare systems are high priorities for healthcare units. Creating …

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 …

Purpose To assess whether intensive care unit (ICU) outcomes for patients not affected by
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods …

The proportion of the world population aged 60 years or over is expected to increase from
12% in 2013 to 21% in 2050 [1]. This increase will represent more than 2 billion elders …

Background Intensive care unit (ICU) admissions among older adults are expected to
increase, while the benefit remains uncertain. The availability of ICU beds varies between …

One of the most important decisions that a physician makes is whether to admit a patient to
the intensive care unit (ICU). The modern ICU provides a capacity for advanced monitoring …

OBJECTIVES: To characterize and compare trends in ICU admission, hospital outcomes,
and resource utilization for critically ill very elderly patients (≥ 80 yr old) compared with the …

Co-occurrence of chronic diseases in the elderly is a common problem in the field of
healthcare worldwide. In countries where life expectancy is high and non-communicable …