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• TITLE: Short-and long-term health implications of surgical intensive care in the elderly

  AUTHORS: Stefan Utzolino, Philipp A Ober, Magnus Kaffarnik, Andreas Fischer, Ulrich T Hopt, Peter K Baier

  KEYWORDS: Surgical Intensive Care; Aged; Frail Elderly; Quality of Life; General Surgery; Concomitant Disease

  JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.2 No.12, December 31, 2010

  ABSTRACT: Background: Treatment of elderly patients on intensive care units is an increasing challenge all over the world. Objectives: To evaluate short- term survival and long-term quality of life im-plications of intensive care for the elderly. Methods: Retrospective analysis of 314 patients 75 years of age or more requiring over 48 hours of intensive care. Results: In multivariate analy-sis, significant risk factors for mortality were chronic renal impairment (OR for survival .30, p 24 h (OR 4.5), hemodialysis (OR 6.8), and vasopressor therapy (OR 2.5, p