Medicina intensiva
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Med Intensiva
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Multicenter Study
Outcomes of very elderly trauma ICU patients. Results from the Spanish trauma ICU registry.
To analyze outcomes and factors related to mortality among very elderly trauma patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) participating in the Spanish trauma ICU registry. ⋯ Very elderly trauma ICU patients presented mortality rates lower than predicted on the basis of the severity of injury.
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The impact of postoperative intensive care upon patient outcomes was evaluated by retrospectively investigating the rate of poor outcomes among miscellaneous elective surgical patients with severe comorbidities. ⋯ Postoperative ICU admission failed to demonstrate any meaningful benefits in patients with severe comorbidities undergoing miscellaneous elective surgeries.