Key result
Intensive care unit admission for elderly patients recovering from cardiac arrest with depressed consciousness involves multiple decision-making factors.
Why the study?
Should an elderly patient recovering from a cardiac arrest with very depressed consciousness be admitted to intensive care?
Should an elderly patient recovering from a cardiac arrest with very depressed consciousness be admitted to intensive care?
This review discusses the clinical and ethical factors involved in deciding whether to admit an elderly patient with depressed consciousness after cardiac arrest to the intensive care unit.
Clinicians must weigh multiple factors for ICU admission in elderly post-arrest patients with depressed consciousness; review leaves open standardized criteria.
A hypothetical elderly patient recovers from a cardiac arrest with very depressed consciousness, should he be admitted to intensive care? What are the factors involved in making the decision? A review of the published evidence, and a final conclusion.
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Raw et al. (2006) studied this question. Intensive care unit admission for elderly patients recovering from cardiac arrest with depressed consciousness involves multiple decision-making factors.
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