Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Jan 2025
Utilization and outcomes of life-supporting interventions in older ICU patients in Japan: a nationwide registry study.
The purpose of this study is to describe the implementation of life-supporting interventions and the short-term outcomes of older patients in ICUs in Japan. ⋯ Although life-supporting interventions tended to decrease with age, a considerable number of patients of advanced age still received these interventions.