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Impact of age on mortality and transfer to long-term care in patients in an intensive care unit

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BMC GERIATRICS
卷 23, 期 1, 页码 -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-04526-5

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Age; Intensive care unit; Mortality; Prognosis

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Age does not affect acute mortality in critically ill patients, but surviving older age groups require more long-term care facilities.
Background In the global trend of population aging, age is one of the significant factors to be considered in critically ill patients. However, the impact of age on clinical outcomes and long-term prognosis in this population varies across different studies.Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis for patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) (30 beds) between January 2017 and December 2020 at the tertiary referral hospital in Korea. Patients were classified into three groups according to age: <65 years, old age (65-79 years), and very old age (>= 80 years). Subsequently, enrolled patients were analyzed for acute mortality and long-term prognosis.Results Among the 1584 patients, the median age was 67.0 (57.0-76.0) years, and 65.2% were male. Median ICU length of stay (LOS) (8, 9, and 10 days in < 65, 65-79, and >= 80 years, respectively; p = 0.006) and the proportion of patients who were transferred to long-term care hospital at the time of discharge (12.9% vs. 28.3% vs. 39.4%, respectively; p < 0.001) increased with age. Multivariable logistic analysis showed no significant difference in the 28-day mortality in the old age (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.88; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.65-1.17) and very old age (aOR 1.05; 95% CI 0.71-1.55) groups compared to that in patients with age < 65 years. However, the relevance of the proportion of ICU LOS >= 7 days and transfers to other hospitals after discharge increased with age.Conclusions Age did not affect acute mortality in critical illness patients. However, surviving older age groups required more long-term care facilities compared to patients younger than 65 years after acute management. These results indicate that in an aging society, the importance of not only acute management but also long-term care facilities may increase for critical illness patients.

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