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Elderly patients and intensive care medicine

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  1. INSERM, UMR S U707, Faculté de médecine Saint-Antoine, 27 rue de Chaligny, 75012, Paris, France

    Ariane Boumendil & Bertrand Guidet

  2. UMR S U707, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, 75012, Paris, France

    Ariane Boumendil & Bertrand Guidet

  3. Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital St Antoine, AP-HP, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012, Paris, France

    Bertrand Guidet

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This editorial refers to the articles available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0169-7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0170-1, and http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0171-0

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Boumendil, A., Guidet, B. Elderly patients and intensive care medicine. Intensive Care Med 32, 965–967 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0172-z

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