PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF CHRONIC CRITICAL ILLNESS IN THE ELDERLY POPULATION IN TURKEY


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Demirkıran H., Uzunoglu E., Erdivanlı B., Karadamar U., Koc S., Tomak Y., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, vol.23, no.4, pp.501-508, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.31086/tjgeri.2020.188
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.501-508
  • Keywords: Chronic Disease, Critical Illness, Intensive Care Unit, Aged, Turkey, INTENSIVE-CARE UNITS, MORTALITY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, BURDEN
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: The definition of chronic critical illness in the elderly has not yet been determined. The aim of the study is to determine the prevalence and clinical features of chronic critical illness in the elderly population in Turkey.