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
Shaheen, A., Elakkad, R., Mamoun, M., & Mortagy, A. (2015). 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, 2(2), 22-25. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2015.5326
MLA
Ahmed Shaheen; Rania Elakkad; Manar Mamoun; Ahmed Mortagy. "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, 2, 2, 2015, 22-25. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2015.5326
HARVARD
Shaheen, A., Elakkad, R., Mamoun, M., Mortagy, A. (2015). '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, 2(2), pp. 22-25. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2015.5326
VANCOUVER
Shaheen, A., Elakkad, R., Mamoun, M., Mortagy, A. 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, 2015; 2(2): 22-25. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2015.5326
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