TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation above 75 years: is it worthwhile?*
AU - Sandroni, Claudio
AU - Dell'Anna, Antonio Maria
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Exclusion of patients who are older than 75 years from CPR is not warranted on the basis of age alone. Elderly victims of cardiac arrest can have an excellent long-term outcome, but this concerns mainly a minority of patients with favorable characteristics. Early identification of elderly patients with good chances of recovery after cardiac arrest would increase the appropriateness of resuscitation.
AB - Exclusion of patients who are older than 75 years from CPR is not warranted on the basis of age alone. Elderly victims of cardiac arrest can have an excellent long-term outcome, but this concerns mainly a minority of patients with favorable characteristics. Early identification of elderly patients with good chances of recovery after cardiac arrest would increase the appropriateness of resuscitation.
KW - Heart arrest
KW - aged
KW - cardiopulmonary resuscitation
KW - Heart arrest
KW - aged
KW - cardiopulmonary resuscitation
UR - https://publicatt.unicatt.it/handle/10807/60848
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U2 - 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000567
DO - 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000567
M3 - Article
SN - 0090-3493
VL - 42
SP - 2446
EP - 2447
JO - Critical Care Medicine
JF - Critical Care Medicine
IS - 11
ER -