RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF GERIATRIC PATIENTS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

ERDEN İ. A., AKINCI S. B., PAMUK A. G., Aycan I. O., ÇELEBİOĞLU B., Aypar U.

TURK GERIATRI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS, vol.12, no.4, pp.171-176, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 12 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Journal Name: TURK GERIATRI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.171-176
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of age on length of hospital stay, intensive care unit (ICU) stay, and mortality by comparing patients aged 65 years and older with patients younger than 65 years old.