Propensity-Adjusted Comparison of Mortality of Elderly Versus Very Elderly Ventilated Patients.

BACKGROUND: The growing proportion of elderly intensive care patients constitutes a public health challenge. The benefit of critical care in these patients remains unclear. We compared outcomes in elderly versus very elderly subjects receiving mechanical ventilation. METHODS: In total, 5,557 mechani...

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Published in:Respiratory Care Vol. 66; no. 5; pp. 814 - 822
Main Authors: Wernly, Bernhard, Bruno, Raphael Romano, Frutos-Vivar, Fernando, Peñuelas, Oscar, Rezar, Richard, Raymondos, Konstantinos, Muriel, Alfonso, Bin Du, Thille, Arnaud W., Ríos, Fernando, González, Marco, del-Sorbo, Lorenzo, Marín, Maria del Carmen, Pinheiro, Bruno Valle, Soares, Marco Antonio, Nin, Nicolas, Maggiore, Salvatore M., Bersten, Andrew, Kelm, Malte, Amin, Pravin
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Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. May2021
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