Age, duration of mechanical ventilation, and outcomes of patients who are critically ill

• Published in: Chest Vol. 136; no. 3; p. 759
• Main Authors: Feng, Yan, Amoateng-Adjepong, Yaw, Kaufman, David, Gheorghe, Cristina, Manthous, Constantine A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2009
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Chi-Square Distribution; Comorbidity; Critical Illness - mortality; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data; Prognosis; Respiration, Artificial - mortality; Statistics, Nonparametric; Time Factors

Age and duration of mechanical ventilation (MV) are strongly associated with mortality and hospital discharge disposition. Electronic administrative records from a 425-bed community teaching hospital were obtained for 9,912 patients who were admitted to hospital ICUs between 2003 and 2008. Risk esti...