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Long-term survival of elderly patients after intensive care unit admission for acute respiratory infection: a population-based, propensity score-matched cohort study.

Antoine GuillonCoralie HermetetKimberly A BarkerYouenn JouanChristophe GaboritStephan EhrmannYannick Le ManachPierre-François DequinLeslie Grammatico-Guillon
Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2020)
We observed a substantially increased rate of death in the years following ICU hospitalisation for elderly patients along with elevated healthcare resource use and accelerated age-associated decline as assessed by frailty score. These findings provide data for better informed goals-of-care discussions and may help target post-ICU discharge services.
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