Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva
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Rev Bras Ter Intensiva · Sep 2006
[Morbidity and mortality of elderly patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit of a University Hospital in Fortaleza].
To identify the severity of elderly patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in a university hospital, relating it to the in-ICU mortality. ⋯ The age groups did not determine difference between values of APACHE II. They were related neither to higher mortality rate, nor to higher ICU length of stay. Patients with cardiocirculatory dysfunctions had lesser values of APACHE II, ICU length of stay and in-ICU mortality.