The Accuracy of Physician View of Endpoint for Elderly Patient in ICU at Admission and Actual Discharge Outcome | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology | ||
| Article 4, Volume 2, Issue 2, October 2015, Pages 22-25 PDF (978.83 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejgg.2015.5326 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed Shaheen; Rania Elakkad; Manar Mamoun; Ahmed Mortagy | ||
| Geriatric Medicine& Gerontology department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The average age and l i fe expectancy of the population are increasing and so a growing number of elderly patients are being admi tted to the intensive care uni t Aim: To detect the accuracy of the physician view of endpoint on ICU admission and actual discha rge outcome Methods: A prospective cohor t study conducted on140 elder ly patients (60 years and above) admi t ted to medical ICU wi th acute i l lness, each patient was subjected to complete medical history, physical examination and assessment of medical comorbi di ties, ICU mortal i ty scores: (APACHE II , SAPS II , MPM II 0, MPM24) and calculation of the predicted mor tal i ty, establ ishment of intensivist point of view regarding the predicted outcome and establ ishment of end point of each patient (ei ther discharge o r death) . Conclusions: There is a highly signi ficant association between physician view of end point of the patient on ICU admission and actual discharge of the patients in ICU | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Mor tal i ty prediction; Cri tical ly i l l elderly; ICU discharge | ||
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