Article: Sepsis and Its Impact on Outcomes in Elderly Patients Admitted to a Malaysian Intensive Care Unit.
The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS
2022 Volume 29, Issue 3, Page(s) 145–150
Abstract: Sepsis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in elderly patients, but there is a scarcity of data on sepsis in this specific cohort. We performed this study to review the impact of sepsis on outcomes in elderly patients admitted to our local ... ...
Abstract | Sepsis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in elderly patients, but there is a scarcity of data on sepsis in this specific cohort. We performed this study to review the impact of sepsis on outcomes in elderly patients admitted to our local intensive care unit (ICU). This was a secondary analysis of prospectively collected data of 159 consecutive adult patients with sepsis admitted to an ICU of a tertiary hospital in Malaysia over a three-year period. Of the 159 patients analysed, elderly patients constituted 18.9% of the cohort. Fifty percent of the older patients died within 30 days, compared to 24% of younger patients ( |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-06-28 |
Publishing country | Malaysia |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2197205-9 |
ISSN | 2180-4303 ; 1394-195X |
ISSN (online) | 2180-4303 |
ISSN | 1394-195X |
DOI | 10.21315/mjms2022.29.3.14 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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