TY - JOUR
T1 - Outcomes of Intensive Care Patients Older Than 90 Years: An 11-Year National Observational Study
AU - Haas, Lenneke E. M.
AU - Bakhshi-Raiez, Ferishta
AU - van Dijk, Diederik
AU - de Lange, Dylan W.
AU - de Keizer, Nicolette F.
N1 - Funding Information: All the authors have declared no conflicts of interest for this article. Drafted the manuscript: Haas. Performed the statistical analysis: Bekhski-Raiez. Participated in the design and the coordination of the manuscript: Van Dijk, de Lange, and de Keizer. All authors contributed to the interpretation of the results and the writing of the manuscript. Each author read and approved the submitted version. Not applicable. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The American Geriatrics Society Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/8/1
Y1 - 2020/8/1
N2 - BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Many intensive care unit (ICU) physicians are reluctant to admit patients aged 90 years and older, although evidence to support these decisions is scarce. Although the body of evidence on outcomes of patients aged 80 years and older is growing, it does not include patients aged 90 years and older. The aim of this study was to compare the short- and long-term mortality of ICU patients aged 90 years and older in the Netherlands with ICU patients aged 80 to 90 years, that is, octogenarians. DESIGN: Multicenter national cohort study over an 11-year period (2008-2018), using data of the National Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE) registry and the Dutch insurance claims registry. SETTING: All 82 ICUs in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: All patients aged 80 years and older at the time of ICU admission. MEASUREMENTS: A total of 104,754 patients aged 80 years and older, of whom 9,495 (9%) were 90 years and older, were admitted to Dutch ICUs during the study period. RESULTS: ICU mortality of the patients aged 90 years and older was lower (13.8% vs 16.1%; P <.001) and hospital mortality was similar (26.1% vs 25.7%; P =.41) compared with octogenarians. After 3 months, mortality was higher for the patients aged 90 years and older (43.1% vs 33.7%; P <.001) and after 1-year mortality was 55.0% vs 42.7%; P <.001. CONCLUSION: In the Netherlands, mortality rates of patients aged 90 years and older admitted to the ICU are not as disappointing as often assumed. They have a lower ICU mortality and a similar hospital mortality compared with octogenarians. Nevertheless, their longer term mortality is higher compared with octogenarians. However, almost 3 of 4 patients leave the hospital alive, and almost half of the patients aged 90 years and older are still alive 1 year after their ICU admission. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:1842-1846, 2020.
AB - BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Many intensive care unit (ICU) physicians are reluctant to admit patients aged 90 years and older, although evidence to support these decisions is scarce. Although the body of evidence on outcomes of patients aged 80 years and older is growing, it does not include patients aged 90 years and older. The aim of this study was to compare the short- and long-term mortality of ICU patients aged 90 years and older in the Netherlands with ICU patients aged 80 to 90 years, that is, octogenarians. DESIGN: Multicenter national cohort study over an 11-year period (2008-2018), using data of the National Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE) registry and the Dutch insurance claims registry. SETTING: All 82 ICUs in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: All patients aged 80 years and older at the time of ICU admission. MEASUREMENTS: A total of 104,754 patients aged 80 years and older, of whom 9,495 (9%) were 90 years and older, were admitted to Dutch ICUs during the study period. RESULTS: ICU mortality of the patients aged 90 years and older was lower (13.8% vs 16.1%; P <.001) and hospital mortality was similar (26.1% vs 25.7%; P =.41) compared with octogenarians. After 3 months, mortality was higher for the patients aged 90 years and older (43.1% vs 33.7%; P <.001) and after 1-year mortality was 55.0% vs 42.7%; P <.001. CONCLUSION: In the Netherlands, mortality rates of patients aged 90 years and older admitted to the ICU are not as disappointing as often assumed. They have a lower ICU mortality and a similar hospital mortality compared with octogenarians. Nevertheless, their longer term mortality is higher compared with octogenarians. However, almost 3 of 4 patients leave the hospital alive, and almost half of the patients aged 90 years and older are still alive 1 year after their ICU admission. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:1842-1846, 2020.
KW - ICU
KW - critical care
KW - octogenarians
KW - older patients
KW - outcome
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16624
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16624
M3 - Article
C2 - 32592608
SN - 0002-8614
VL - 68
SP - 1842
EP - 1846
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
IS - 8
ER -