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Withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining therapy in older adults (≥ 80 years) admitted to the intensive care unit

Bertrand Guidet, Hans Flaatten, Ariane Boumendil, Alessandro Morandi, Finn H. Andersen, Antonio Artigas, Guido Bertolini, Maurizio Cecconi, Steffen Christensen, Loredana Faraldi,

Intensive Care Medicine · 2018 · 219 citations · 34 references

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The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure

Jean‐Louis Vincent, Rui P. Moreno, Jukka Takala et al. · Intensive Care Medicine · 1996 · 11.6K citations

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A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people

Kenneth Rockwood · Canadian Medical Association Journal · 2005 · 8.9K citations · Full text

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Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: A consensus statement by the American College of Critical Care Medicine

Robert D. Truog, Margaret Campbell, J. Randall Curtis et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 2008 · 1.1K citations

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End-of-Life Practices in European Intensive Care Units

Charles L. Sprung, Simon Cohen, Peter Sjökvist et al. · JAMA · 2003 · 1.1K citations

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The variability of critical care bed numbers in Europe

Andrew Rhodes, Patrick Ferdinande, Hans Flaatten et al. · Intensive Care Medicine · 2012 · 721 citations · Full text

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