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El adulto mayor en una unidad de cuidados intensivos mexicana, análisis retrospectivo
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Sánchez-Hurtado, Luis A. Tejeda-Huezo, B. C. Gomez-Flores, Saira S. Esquivel-Chávez, Alejandro Cano-Oviedo, Abraham A. Baltazar-Torres, J. Á. |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | The world population is experiencing an aging process.1 Elderly people are defined as those that have reached 65 years of age.2 In Mexico such people represent 9% of the population----a figure that is expected to increase to about 28% by the year 2050.2 A longer life expectancy in turn is associated to an increased demand for medical care due to chronic diseases and their complications----in some cases within the setting of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).1 In developed countries, elderly people can represent up to 50% of all admissions to the ICU.1,3,4 In Mexico the information referred to this age group is limited. The present study describes the characteristics upon admission and their association to the outcome of elderly patients in the ICU of a tertiary hospital. A retrospective observational study was carried out in patients of either gender aged 65 years or older and admitted to the ICU of a public hospital in the period between January 2015 and August 2016. Patients with first admission to the ICU were eligible for inclusion in the study, while readmissions were excluded. The following characteristics were recorded: age, gender, comorbidities, body mass index (BMI), reason for admission to the ICU, hospital stay prior to admission to the ICU, type of patient (surgical or medical), ICU stay, severity of disease as assessed by the APACHE II and SOFA scores, organ dysfunction upon admission as evaluated by the SOFA scale, need for and duration of mechanical ventilation, need for renal replacement therapy, and nosocomial infections. The follow-up endpoint was patient discharge from the ICU. Quantitative variables were reported as the mean and standard deviation (SD) or median and interquartile range |
| Starting Page | 258 |
| Ending Page | 260 |
| Page Count | 3 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.medin.2017.03.006 |
| Volume Number | 42 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://medintensiva.org/index.php?p=revista&pii=S2173572718300614&tipo=pdf-simple |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medin.2017.03.006 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
