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

Demirkıran, Hilmi; Uzunoglu, Emine; Erdivanlı, BAŞAR; Karadamar, Ulas; Koc, Suna; Tomak, Yakup; Ozmen, Mustafa; Almalı, Necat; Çağaç, Aydın; Çömez, Mehmet; Tuncer, Mustafa; Tokur, Murat; Bayrakci, Sinem; Binici, Orhan; Bahadir, Turkan; Tekeli, Arzu; Bahar, Ilhan; Karakas, Bugra; Keskin, Sıddık; Öksüz, Hafize

doi:10.31086/tjgeri.2020.188

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)

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.