TY - JOUR
T1 - End-of-life care in the critically ill geriatric population
AU - Mularski, Richard A.
AU - Osborne, Molly L.
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - As the geriatric population in the United States increases and better management of chronic diseases improves survival, more elderly will become critically ill and potentially require treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU). Dan Callahan has written, ". . . we will live longer lives, be better sustained by medical care, in return for which our deaths in old age are more likely to be drawn out and wild." Although no health care provider hopes for a drawn out and wild death for elderly patients, many geriatric persons will succumb to disease and die after having chosen and received ICU care. Recent data suggest that, on average, 11% of Medicare recipients spend more that 7 days in the ICU within 6 months before death.
AB - As the geriatric population in the United States increases and better management of chronic diseases improves survival, more elderly will become critically ill and potentially require treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU). Dan Callahan has written, ". . . we will live longer lives, be better sustained by medical care, in return for which our deaths in old age are more likely to be drawn out and wild." Although no health care provider hopes for a drawn out and wild death for elderly patients, many geriatric persons will succumb to disease and die after having chosen and received ICU care. Recent data suggest that, on average, 11% of Medicare recipients spend more that 7 days in the ICU within 6 months before death.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0749-0704(03)00056-3
DO - 10.1016/S0749-0704(03)00056-3
M3 - Review article
C2 - 14601720
AN - SCOPUS:0142157036
SN - 0749-0704
VL - 19
SP - 789
EP - 810
JO - Critical Care Clinics
JF - Critical Care Clinics
IS - 4
ER -