Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · May 1993
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyOne-year outcome of elderly and young patients admitted to intensive care units.
To compare the outcome of patients over and under age 65 admitted to two intensive care units (ICUs). ⋯ Age does not have an important impact on outcome from critical illness, which is most strongly predicted by severity of illness, length of stay, prior ICU admission and respiratory failure. Satisfaction with personal health should not be inferred from the functional status of elderly survivors of intensive care.