• Crit Care · Jan 2006

    Comment Review

    Acute respiratory failure in the elderly.

    • Jean-Yves Fagon.
    • Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris and Faculté René Descartes Paris 5, Paris, France. jean-yves.fagon@egp.aphp.fr
    • Crit Care. 2006 Jan 1; 10 (4): 151.

    AbstractWith the current epidemiology of a growing advanced-age population and the specificities of critical illness in elderly patients, studies on this topic are appropriate. We need more clinical trials and evaluations of diagnostic and management procedures applied in the elderly, as well as studies designed to identify prognostic factors for inhospital mortality or mortality in the intensive care unit in the elderly. Studies evaluating long-term outcomes, including quality of life and costs, are also needed to try to define realistic goals for patients, families and physicians.

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