Open AccessA Study of the Outcome of Critically Ill Elderly Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital Using SOFA Score
Author(s) -
Shivani Chopra,
Suhas Pednekar,
Niteen D Karnik,
Charulata Londhe,
Dharmendra Pandey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23883
Subject(s) - medicine , sofa score , intensive care unit , mechanical ventilation , pneumonia , etiology , observational study , apache ii , intensive care , organ dysfunction , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , sepsis
With a rapidly rising geriatric population, the magnitude of elderly patients requiring intensive care is a major cause of concern. Data on critically ill geriatric patients is scarce, especially in developing countries.