Search Tag: Very Old Intensive Care Patients

ICU Management

2022 16 Mar

Sepsis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the intensive care unit. Nearly  14 million adults and 2.5 million children  survive sepsis each year worldwide. In addition, sepsis survivors are known to experience poor long-term outcomes and often develop functional limitations thereafter. It is thus evident that the long-term impact...Read more

ICU Management

2022 16 Mar

This overview explores the publications concerning the very old ICU patients since 2011 and with a focus on publications from the VIP network on elderly COVID-19 patients. Introduction In 2017, an international group of intensivists with a particular interest for geriatric intensive care published a statement paper (Flaatten et al....Read more

ICU Management

2020 14 Sep

An overview of the VIP project that studies a subgroup of patients  ≥  80 years, the oldest old, since both ICU mortality and morbidity are increased with advanced age. D uring the last 10 years, we have observed an increased interest in research into our oldest intensive care patients. This is brought forward with the expectation...Read more