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ReviewAnesthesiology clinics2019

Supporting the Geriatric Critical Care Patient: Decision Making, Understanding Outcomes, and the Role of Palliative Care.

Aaron Mittel, May Hua

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Review in Anesthesiology clinics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Aaron MittelDepartment of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, PH505-C, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: am4656@cumc.columbia.edu.
May HuaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, PH5, Room 527D, New York, NY 10032, USA.

Funding

Determinants of Critical Care Intensity for Hospitalized Older Adults: the Effect of Hospital-based Palliative Care ServicesK08AG051184 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HUA, MAY · 2015 to 2019
$863k
NIA NIH HHS K08 AG051184NIA NIH HHS L30 AG053861
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Geriatric admissions to the intensive care unit (ICU) are common and require unique considerations for ICU clinicians. Admission to the ICU should be considered on an individual-patient basis. It is reasonable to consider a "trial of critical care" for many patients, even those who have uncertain chances of meaningful recovery. Quality of life and functional independence are especially important to older adults, and these outcomes should be considered when weighing the risks and benefits of admission or continuing ICU care.

Indexed as

Clinical Decision-MakingCritical CarePalliative CareTreatment OutcomeAgedAged, 80 and overGeriatricsHumansRecovery of FunctionTerminal CareCritical careQuality of lifeRisk assessmentUncertainty

Identifiers

PMID31337483
PMCPMC6719536

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