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Future Challenges for Geriatric Intensive Care

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There is a rapid growing focus on the old and very old ICU patients, and this is reflected in the number of published papers on the subject. Looking at publications listed in PubMed that includes old and intensive care in title or abstract illustrates a very rapid increase from 2010 and onward (Fig. 37.1) demonstrating an exponential increase about this topic.

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  • Elderly
  • Critical care/intensive care
  • Organization
  • Future development

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Fig. 37.1
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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine and Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    Hans Flaatten

  2. Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris, France

    Bertrand Guidet

  3. Sorbonne Université, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Unité de Gériatrie Aiguë, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

    Hélène Vallet

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine and Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    Prof. Hans Flaatten

  2. Sorbonne Université, INSERM Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de, Santé Publique, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris, France

    Prof. Bertrand Guidet

  3. Sorbonne Université, Hôpital Saint Antoine Unité de Gériatrie Aiguë, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

    Dr. Hélène Vallet

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Flaatten, H., Guidet, B., Vallet, H. (2022). Future Challenges for Geriatric Intensive Care. In: Flaatten, H., Guidet, B., Vallet, H. (eds) The Very Old Critically Ill Patients. Lessons from the ICU. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94133-8_37

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