Propensity-adjusted comparison of mortality of elderly versus very elderly ventilated patients

• Main Authors: Bernhard Wernly, Raphael Romano Bruno, Fernando Frutos-Vivar, Oscar Peñuelas, Richard Rezar, Konstantinos Raymondos, Alfonso Muriel, Bin Du, Arnaud W. Thille, Fernando Ríos, Marco González, Lorenzo Del-Sorbo, Maria Del Carmen Marín, Bruno Valle Pinheiro, Marco Antonio Soares, Nicolas Nin, Salvatore M. Maggiore, Andrew Bersten, Malte Kelm, Pravin Amin, Nahit Cakar, Gee Young Suh, Fekri Abroug, Manuel Jibaja, Dimitros Matamis, Amine Ali Zeggwagh, Yuda Sutherasan, Bertrand Guidet, Dylan W. De Lange, Michael Beil, Sigal Svri, Vernon van Heerden, Hans Flaatten, Antonio Anzueto, Venet Osmani, Andrés Esteban, Christian Jung
• Other Authors: Ramathibodi Hospital
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/78235
• Institution: Mahidol University

BACKGROUND: The growing proportion of elderly intensive care patients constitutes a public health challenge. The benefit of critical care in these patients remains unclear. We compared outcomes in elderly versus very elderly subjects receiving mechanical ventilation. METHODS: In total, 5,557 mechani...