Impact of age in critically Ill infected patients: a post-hoc analysis of the INFAUCI study.
Sónia Bastos MoreiraJoão Pedro BaptistaJoão Gonçalves-PereiraJosé Manuel PereiraOrquídea RibeiroClaúdia Camila DiasFilipe FroesJosé-Artur PaivaPublished in: European geriatric medicine (2021)
Patients > 65 years accounted for 50% of infected patients admitted to an ICU. ICU and hospital length of stay, and nosocomial infection did not increase with age. Age did predispose to increased risk for infection by Gram-negatives. These findings may optimize strategies for infection management in older patients.