Short and long-term prognosis of elderly patients (pts) subjected to invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in the intensive care unit (ICU)

Abstract

Introduction: The global population is aging and as a result, the rate of hospitalizations and the demand for critical care services among older persons is certain to increase. Objectives: The primary objectives were to evaluate ICU and in-hospital (IH) mortality (MRT) rate of very old pts (age ≥80 years) admitted to ICU and subjected to IMV. The secondary objectives were to assess the functional capacity at discharge and the MRT rate at 1 year after discharge. Methods: Retrospective analysis of data collected from the hospital database from 2013 to 2016. All pts ≥80 years admitted to the ICU and submitted to IMV were included in the study. This patient sample was compared to a random sample of patients with age Results: Sixty-two pts with ≥80 years were included and the random sample consisted of 50 pts with Conclusion: This study shows that very old pts have higher ICU and IH MRT rate, but there’s no difference on functional capacity at discharge or long-term MRT at 1 year.