Clinical outcomes and phenotypes of respiratory failure in older subjects admitted to an acute care geriatric hospital ward

• Published in: Internal and emergency medicine Vol. 19; no. 5; pp. 1359 - 1367
• Main Authors: Fimognari, Filippo Luca, De Vincentis, Antonio, Arone, Andrea, Baffa Bellucci, Francesco, Ricchio, Roberto, Antonelli Incalzi, Raffaele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.08.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cerebrovascular disease; Cerebrovascular diseases; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Clinical outcomes; Comorbidity; Congestive heart failure; Death; Dementia disorders; Electrolytes; Female; Geriatrics; Geriatrics - methods; Geriatrics - statistics & numerical data; Hospital Mortality; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Hypoxia; Im - Original; Intensive care units; Internal Medicine; Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data; Lung diseases; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Patients; Phenotype; Phenotypes; Pleural effusion; Pneumonia; Population studies; Respiratory failure; Respiratory Insufficiency - epidemiology; Respiratory Insufficiency - etiology; Respiratory Insufficiency - therapy; Retrospective Studies; Sepsis; Respiratory failure; Geriatric hospital wards; Hospitalized older patients; Clinical phenotypes; Mortality

Respiratory failure (RF) is frequent in hospitalized older patients, but was never systematically investigated in large populations of older hospitalized patients. We conducted a retrospective administrative study based on hospitalizations of a Geriatrics Unit regarding 2014, 2015, and 2016. Patient...