Why the study?
Demographic shifts have led to growing demand for intensive care among elderly and very elderly patients despite high ICU mortality rates, prompting the need to evaluate their clinical characteristics and predictors of mortality.
Population
269 critically ill elderly patients (≥ 90 years) admitted to an ICU
Design
Retrospective observational study
Authors
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Mortality rates in selected nonagenarians may support ICU access despite age; leaves open optimal triage criteria for this population.
In critically ill patients aged 90 years and older, ICU mortality was 17.8%, suggesting that chronological age alone should not be a criterion for limiting access to intensive care.
Amado et al. (2025) studied this question.
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