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Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine 10/2012

01.10.2012 | Original

ICU admission characteristics and mortality rates among elderly and very elderly patients

verfasst von: Lior Fuchs, Catherine E. Chronaki, Shinhyuk Park, Victor Novack, Yael Baumfeld, Daniel Scott, Stuart McLennan, Daniel Talmor, Leo Celi

Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine | Ausgabe 10/2012

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Abstract

Purpose

The effect of advanced age per se versus severity of chronic and acute diseases on the short- and long-term survival of older patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) remains unclear.

Methods

Intensive care unit admissions to the surgical ICU and medical ICU of patients older than 65 years were analyzed. Patients were divided into three age groups: 65–74, 75–84, and 85 and above. The primary endpoints were 28-day and 1-year mortality.

Results

The analysis focused on 7,265 patients above the age of 65, representing 45.7 % of the total ICU population. From the first to third age group there was increased prevalence of heart failure (25.9–40.3 %), cardiac arrhythmia (24.6–43.5 %), and valvular heart disease (7.5–15.8 %). There was reduced prevalence of diabetes complications (7.5–2.4 %), alcohol abuse (4.1–0.6 %), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (24.4–17.4 %), and liver failure (5.0–1.0 %). Logistic regression analysis adjusted for gender, sequential organ failure assessment, do not resuscitate, and Elixhauser score found that patients from the second and third age group had odds ratios of 1.38 [95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.19–1.59] and 1.53 (95 % CI 1.29–1.81) for 28-day mortality as compared with the first age group. Cox regression analysis for 1-year mortality in all populations and in 28-day survivors showed the same trend.

Conclusions

The proportion of elderly patients from the total ICU population is high. With advancing age, the proportion of various preexisting comorbidities and the primary reason for ICU admission change. Advanced age should be regarded as a significant independent risk factor for mortality, especially for ICU patients older than 75.
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Metadaten
Titel
ICU admission characteristics and mortality rates among elderly and very elderly patients
verfasst von
Lior Fuchs
Catherine E. Chronaki
Shinhyuk Park
Victor Novack
Yael Baumfeld
Daniel Scott
Stuart McLennan
Daniel Talmor
Leo Celi
Publikationsdatum
01.10.2012
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Intensive Care Medicine / Ausgabe 10/2012
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-012-2629-6

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