EVALUATION OF ADMISSION CAUSES AND MORTALITY RATES OF 65 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER PATIENTS ADMITTED FROM THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

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Karaveli A., Cerit G. N., Ozyurt E.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, vol.21, no.4, pp.515-521, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 21 Issue: 4
• Publication Date: 2018
• Doi Number: 10.31086/tjgeri.2018.56
• Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Page Numbers: pp.515-521
• Keywords: Aged, Patient, Intensive care unit, Mortality, Emergency department
• Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
• Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: With increasing life expectancy, admission of elderly patients to intensive care units is increasing. We aimed to determine profiles, admission causes and mortality rates of elderly patients who were admitted from the emergency department to the intensive care unit. Because the cost of intensive care hospitalisation is high, this data may be important when determining elderly patients health policies.