Funding Information: H.L. is funded by the NIA 1AGK23076662-02, serves as a board member for the American Delirium Society and was the 2023 conference co-chair for the American Delirium Society, and serves as the web committee chair for the American Thoracic Society, Nursing Assembly. She has received royalties for keynote addresses at nursing conferences in 2022 and received a travel scholarship to attend the ...
© 2024. The Author(s).; BACKGROUND: Premorbid conditions influence the outcome of acutely ill adult patients aged 80 years and over who are admitted to the ICU. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of such premorbid conditions on 6 month survival. METHODS: Prospective cohort study in 242 ICUs from 22 countries including patients 80 years or above, admitted over a 6 months period to an ICU betwee...
Funding Information: This study was endorsed by the ESICM. Free support for running the electronic database and was granted from the dep. of Epidemiology, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Financial support for creation of the e-CRF and maintenance of the database was possible from a grant (open project support) by Western Health region in Norway) 2018 who also funded the participating Norwegian ICUs. DRC Ile de F...
In the original version of this Article, the VIP2 Study Group was incorrectly listed as an author in the author list. All members of the VIP2 Study Group are listed in the accompanying Supplementary Information file. The error has been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of the Article, and in the Supplementary Information files.
Funding Information: The members of VIP1 and VIP2 study groups are listed in Additional file 1 and are listed in their individual PubMed records. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s). Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; Background: The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is frequently used to measure frailty in critically ill adults. There is wide variation in the approach to analysing...
Female and male very elderly intensive patients (VIPs) might differ in characteristics and outcomes. We aimed to compare female versus male VIPs in a large, multinational collective of VIPs with regards to outcome and predictors of mortality. In total, 7555 patients were included in this analysis, 3973 (53%) male and 3582 (47%) female patients. The primary endpoint was 30-day-mortality. Baseline characteristics...
Background: The number of intensive care patients aged ≥ 80 years (Very old Intensive Care Patients; VIPs) is growing. VIPs have high mortality and morbidity and the benefits of ICU admission are frequently questioned. Sepsis incidence has risen in recent years and identification of outcomes is of considerable public importance. We aimed to determine whether VIPs admitted for sepsis had different outcomes than ...