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Trends in intensive care in patients over 90 years of age

Author(s) -

Josef Yayan

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical interventions in aging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184

H-Index - 76

eISSN - 1178-1998

pISSN - 1176-9092

DOI - 10.2147/cia.s31780

Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care , comorbidity , intensive care unit , life expectancy , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , health care , population , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , environmental health , economics , economic growth

Average life expectancy has increased over the past century, leading to a larger proportion of elderly in the population. Comorbidity and dependence increases with age, and recent data have shown that the number of elderly patients admitted to intensive care is increasing. This has implications for the availability of health care for these patients, as health care is a finite resource.

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