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The impact of age on intensive care.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Active Screening forJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Aspiration pneumonia in the world's most aged society: age-stratified ICU management and outcomes from a nationwide Japanese registry.Journal of intensive care · 2026Article
- End-of-life decision-making in very old critically ill patients.European geriatric medicine · 2026Review
- The controversial interplay between hyperinflammation and immunosenescence in elderly critically ill co-infected patients.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Key characteristics of palliative care integration in intensive care units (ICUs): A scoping review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- [Intensive care of elderly patients : Core nursing responsibilities and central care priorities].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2026Review
- Prognostic Value of Nutritional Risk Scores in Septic ICU Patients: A Survival Analysis Using mNUTRIC, PNI, and CONUT.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Analysis of Defined Daily Dose (DDD) and antibiotic problems in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026Article
- The Evolving Landscape of Colorectal Cancer: Aging Burden and Metabolic Risk Factors in China (1990-2021).Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2026Article
- Unravelling the complexities of end-of-life critical care interventions: what drives medico-legal complaints to physicians?BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Association between vitamin D supplementation and mortality in elderly critically ill patients: a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Mapping of key performance indicators for palliative care in intensive care settings: A scoping review protocol.HRB open research · 2026Article
- Risk Factors, Pathogen Distribution, and Treatment Strategies for Mortality in Elderly Patients with Pulmonary Bacterial Infections.Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Article
- Factors associated with an unfavorable outcome according to age in patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care in mainland France during the first three periods of the pandemic: a nationwide cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Proposing a novel ABCDEF framework for managing critical illness in geriatrics: challenges and perspectives.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Angiotensin II, conventional vasopressor therapy, and mortality in shock: a large, multicenter, propensity score-weighted analysis.Annals of intensive care · 2025Article
- Acute Care Use and Prognosis in Older Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2025Article
- Characteristics of symptoms and establishment of a predictive model for PICS in mechanically ventilated patients with severe pneumonia: a retrospective study.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Skin tears in older patients in intensive care units: A multicentre point prevalence study.Nursing in critical care · 2025Observational
- Estimated prevalence of post-intensive care cognitive impairment at short-term and long-term follow-ups: a proportional meta-analysis of observational studies.Annals of intensive care · 2025Review
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Abstract
Caring for the elderly has always been challenging for the intensive care unit (ICU) physician. Concerns like frailty, comorbidities, polypharmacy and advanced directives come up even before admission into the unit. The COVID-19 pandemic has put forward a variety of issues concerning elderly populations, making the topic more relevant than ever. Admittance to the ICU, an unequivocally multifactorial decision, requires special consideration from the side of the physician when caring for an elderly person. Patients' wishes are to be respected and thus given priority. Triage assessment must also account for age-related physiological alterations and functional status. Once in the ICU, special attention should be given to age-related specificities, such as therapeutic interventions' controversial role, infection susceptibility, and post-operative care, that could potentially alter the course of hospitalization and affect outcomes. Following ICU discharge, ensuring proper rehabilitation for both survivors and their caregivers can improve long-term outcomes and subsequent quality of life. The pandemic and its implications may limit the standard of care for the elderly requiring ICU support. Socioeconomic factors that further perplex the situation must be addressed. Elderly patients currently represent a vast expanding population in ICU. Tailoring safe treatment plans to match patients' wishes, and personalized needs will guide critical care for the elderly from this time forward.
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