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01-08-2013 | Poster presentation
Impact of sepsis on older and nonolder patients: clinical conditions and outcomes
Authors:
Jaqueline Lima de Souza, Fábio Ferreira Amorim, Adriell Ramalho Santana, Felipe Bozi Soares, Bárbara Magalhães Menezes, Mariana Pinheiro Barbosa de Araújo, Fernanda Vilas Bôas Araújo, Louise Cristhine de Carvalho Santos, Pedro Henrique Gomes Rocha, Alessandra Vasconcelos da Silva Paiva, Gabriel Kanhouche, Pedro Nery Ferreira Júnior, Alethea Patrícia Pontes Amorim, José Aires de Araújo Neto, Edmilson Bastos de Moura, Marcelo de Oliveira Maia
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 4/2013
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Excerpt
The increase of the older population, with higher incidence of co-morbidities and age-related decline in organic functions, suggests a need for better understanding the peculiarities of the process leading to adequate critical care in this group of patients [
1,
2]. This study aims to evaluate morbimortality of sepsis on older and nonolder patients and its impact on their outcomes. …
