Ies show that frailty is associated with increased mortality so it is indeed interesting that this audit has shown no difference between the two groups.References 1. Rockwood, Song, McKnight. A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people.CMAJ: 2005, vol 173 no.5 2. The Edmonton Frailty Scale. Age and Ageing, volume 35.A940 Outcomes in elderly patients admitted to ICU C. Castro
Ly increasing. This audit aimed to look retrospectively at our admissions to Intensive Care, to categorise them into frail or non frail, and evaluate how frailty correlated with ICU length of stay and mortality Methods: A retrospective case note review of all patients admitted to Intensive Care over a six month period in the Victoria Infirmary and then Queen Elizabeth University hospital in Glasgo
Ly increasing. This audit aimed to look retrospectively at our admissions to Intensive Care, to categorise them into frail or non frail, and evaluate how frailty correlated with ICU length of stay and mortality Methods: A retrospective case note review of all patients admitted to Intensive Care over a six month period in the Victoria Infirmary and then Queen Elizabeth University hospital in Glasgo
Ies show that frailty is associated with increased mortality so it is indeed interesting that this audit has shown no difference between the two groups.References 1. Rockwood, Song, McKnight. A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people.CMAJ: 2005, vol 173 no.5 2. The Edmonton Frailty Scale. Age and Ageing, volume 35.A940 Outcomes in elderly patients admitted to ICU C. Castro
Re Medicine Experimental 2016, 4(Suppl 1):A942 Introduction: Over the last decade increasing numbers of elderly patients are being admitted to intensive care units (ITU). This reflects an aging population and increasing expectations of care delivered to the elderly. However it remains unclear if admission to ITU changes the eventual outcome in this patient group. Several studies have shown poor ou
Re Medicine Experimental 2016, 4(Suppl 1):A942 Introduction: Over the last decade increasing numbers of elderly patients are being admitted to intensive care units (ITU). This reflects an aging population and increasing expectations of care delivered to the elderly. However it remains unclear if admission to ITU changes the eventual outcome in this patient group. Several studies have shown poor ou
Re Medicine Experimental 2016, 4(Suppl 1):A942 Introduction: Over the last decade increasing numbers of elderly patients are being admitted to intensive care units (ITU). This reflects an aging population and increasing expectations of care delivered to the elderly. However it remains unclear if admission to ITU changes the eventual outcome in this patient group. Several studies have shown poor ou
Ver the age of 65. Interestingly, there is no significant difference between the non frail and frail groups of patients admitted to intensive care. This may be because of small sample size. The length of stay of the frail patient is shorter and this may be because as intensivists we are better at treatment limitation in this group of patients. No difference in overall mortality suggests that the p