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Ten things to know about critically ill elderly patients

Authors: Guillaume Leblanc, Ariane Boumendil, Bertrand Guidet

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 2/2017

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The proportion of the world population aged 60 years or over is expected to increase from 12 % in 2013 to 21 % in 2050 [1]. This increase will represent more than 2 billion elders, including 400 million aged 80 years or over. As the population ages, intensive care units (ICU) are facing an increasing demand for care of the elderly [2], with patients aged 80 or over now representing 10–20 % of all ICU admissions. …

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Title: Ten things to know about critically ill elderly patients
Authors: Guillaume Leblanc
Ariane Boumendil
Bertrand Guidet
Publication date: 01-02-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4477-2

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