Contemporary assessment of short- and functional 90-days outcome in old intensive care patients suffering from COVID-19

Authors: Bruno, Raphael Romano ^{a, 1}, Wernly, Bernhard ^{b, c, 1}, Artigas, Antonio ^d, Fuest, Kristina ^e, Schaller, Stefan J. ^{f, g}, Dannenberg, Lisa ^a, Kindgen-Milles, Detlef ^h, Kelm, Malte ^{a, i, j}, Beil, Michael ^k, Sviri, Sigal ^k, Elhadi, Muhammed ^l, Joannidis, Michael ^m, Oeyen, Sandra ⁿ, Kondili, Eumorfia ^o, Moreno, Rui ^{p, q}, Leaver, Susannah ^r, Guidet, Bertrand ^{s, t}, De Lange, Dylan W. ^u, Flaatten, Hans ^v, Szczeklik, Wojciech ^w, Jung, Christian ^{a, i, j, ⁎}

Source: In Journal of Critical Care April 2025 86

Prevalence of life-sustaining treatment limitations in Polish very old intensive care patients (VIPs). A post-hoc analysis of two prospective observational studies

Authors: Pasieka, Paweł, Surówka, Anna, Fronczek, Jakub, Skwara, Evan, Czuczwar, Mirosław, Borys, Michał, Krawczyk, Paweł, Ziętkiewicz, Mirosław, Nowak, Łukasz R., Żukowski, Maciej, Kotfis, Katarzyna, Cwyl, Katarzyna, Skowronek, Jacek, Solek-Pastuszka, Joanna, Biernawska, Jowita, Grudzień, Paweł, Nasiłowski, Paweł, Popek, Natalia, Cyrankiewicz, Waldemar, Sierakowska, Katarzyna, Mudyna, Wojciech, Białka, Szymon, Studzińska, Dorota, Bernas, Szymon, Piechota, Mariusz, Machała, Waldemar, Sadowski, Łukasz, Stefaniak, Jan, Owczuk, Radosław, Szymkowiak, Małgorzata, Gawda, Ryszard, Kozera, Natalia, Adamik, Barbara, Goździk, Waldemar, Wieczorek, Agnieszka, Janc, Jarosław, Kluzik, Anna, Trzebicki, Janusz, Zatorski, Paweł, Gola, Wojciech, Hymczak, Hubert, Krzych, Lukasz J., Czajka, Szymon, Kościuczuk, Urszula, Kudliński, Bartosz, Flaatten, Hans, Szczeklik, Wojciech

Source: In Journal of Critical Care February 2024 79

Use of Facebook in a quality improvement campaign to increase adherence to guidelines in intensive care: A qualitative study of nurses’ and physicians’ experiences

Authors: Petosic, Antonija, Berntzen, Helene, Beeckman, Dimitri, Flaatten, Hans, Sunde, Kjetil, Wøien, Hilde

Source: In Intensive & Critical Care Nursing October 2023 78

The good, the bad and the ugly : pandemic priority decisions and triage

Authors: Flaatten, Hans, Van Heerden, Vernon, Jung, Christian, Beil, Michael, Leaver, Susannah, Rhodes, Andrew, Guidet, Bertrand, deLange, Dylan W

Source: Journal of Medical Ethics, 2021 Dec 01. 47(12), 1-3.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27351372

Time-dependent uncertainty of critical care transitions in very old patients - lessons for time-limited trials

Authors: Beil, Michael, Flaatten, Hans, Guidet, Bertrand, Joskowicz, Leo, Jung, Christian, de Lange, Dylan, Leaver, Susannah, Fjølner, Jesper, Szczeklik, Wojciech, Sviri, Sigal, van Heerden, Peter Vernon

Source: In Journal of Critical Care October 2022 71

ESICM consensus-based recommendations for the management of very old patients in intensive care.

Authors: Beil, Michael, Alberto, Laura, Bourne, Richard S., Brummel, Nathan E., de Groot, Bas, de Lange, Dylan W., Elbers, Paul, Emmelot-Vonk, Marielle, Flaatten, Hans, Freund, Yonathan, Galazzi, Alessandro, Garcia-Martinez, Ana, Guidet, Bertrand, Holmerova, Iva, Jacobs, Jeremy M., Joynt, Gavin M., Leaver, Susannah, Leone, Marc, McNicholas, Bairbre, McWilliams, David

Source: Intensive Care Medicine; Feb2025, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p287-301, 15p

Subject Terms: INTENSIVE care patients, OLDER patients, GERIATRICS, MEDICAL sciences, EMERGENCY medicine

Short-term mortality of patients ≥80 years old admitted to European intensive care units: an international observational study

Authors: Fronczek, Jakub, Flaatten, Hans, Guidet, Bertrand, Polok, Kamil, Andersen, Finn H., Andrew, Benjamin Y., Artigas, Antonio, Beil, Michael, Cecconi, Maurizio, Christensen, Steffen, de Lange, Dylan W., Fjølner, Jesper, Górka, Jacek, Joannidis, Michael, Jung, Christian, Kusza, Krzysztof, Leaver, Susannah, Marsh, Brian, Morandi, Alessandro, Moreno, Rui, Oeyen, Sandra, Owczuk, Radosław, Agvald-Öhman, Christina, Pinto, Bernardo B., Rhodes, Andrew, Schefold, Joerg C., Soliman, Ivo W., Valentin, Andreas, Walther, Sten, Watson, Ximena, Zafeiridis, Tilemachos, Szczeklik, Wojciech

Source: In British Journal of Anaesthesia July 2022 129(1):58-66

Association between tracheostomy timing and outcomes for older critically ill COVID-19 patients: prospective observational study in European intensive care units

Authors: Polok, Kamil, Fronczek, Jakub, van Heerden, Peter Vernon, Flaatten, Hans, Guidet, Bertrand, De Lange, Dylan W., Fjølner, Jesper, Leaver, Susannah, Beil, Michael, Sviri, Sigal, Bruno, Raphael Romano, Wernly, Bernhard, Artigas, Antonio, Pinto, Bernardo Bollen, Schefold, Joerg C., Studzińska, Dorota, Joannidis, Michael, Oeyen, Sandra, Marsh, Brian, Andersen, Finn H., Moreno, Rui, Cecconi, Maurizio, Jung, Christian, Szczeklik, Wojciech

Source: In British Journal of Anaesthesia March 2022 128(3):482-490

A temporary hospital intensive care unit: a preparedness concept to increase intensive care capacity.

Authors: Østerås, Øyvind, Almeland, Stian, Landsdalen, Håvard, Gjerde, Stig, Sommerfelt-Pettersen, Jan Knudtzon, Flaatten, Hans

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine; 12/5/2024, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p1-7, 7p

Frailty and health‐related life quality in long‐term follow up of intensive care patients above 65 years old: Protocol for a Norwegian prospective, observational multicenter study.

Authors: Kroken, B. A., Bergum, D., Berg, K. S., Espinasse, M., Fossum, O. K., Garratt, A. M., Klepstad, Pal, Kvåle, Reidar, Strand, B., Flaatten, Hans Kristian, Frisvold, Shirin K.

Source: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica; Nov2024, Vol. 68 Issue 10, p1595-1600, 6p

Subject Terms: INTENSIVE care patients, SOCIAL norms, CRITICALLY ill, FRAILTY, ARTIFICIAL respiration

Therapy limitation in octogenarians in German intensive care units is associated with a longer length of stay and increased 30 days mortality: A prospective multicenter study

Authors: Bruno, Raphael Romano, Wernly, Bernhard, Beil, Michael, Muessig, Johanna M., Rahmel, Tim, Graf, Tobias, Meybohm, Patrick, Schaller, Stefan J., Allgäuer, Sebastian, Franz, Marcus, Westphal, Julian Georg, Barth, Eberhard, Ebelt, Henning, Fuest, Kristina, Horacek, Michael, Schuster, Michael, Dubler, Simon, Schering, Stefan, Wolff, Georg, Steiner, Stephan, Rabe, Christian, Dieck, Thorben, Lauten, Alexander, Sacher, Anne Lena, Brenner, Thorsten, Bloos, Frank, Jánosi, Rolf A., Simon, Philipp, Utzolino, Stefan, Kelm, Malte, De Lange, Dylan W., Guidet, Bertrand, Flaatten, Hans, Jung, Christian

Source: In Journal of Critical Care December 2020 60:58-63

A comparison of very old patients admitted to intensive care unit after acute versus elective surgery or intervention

Authors: Jung, Christian, Wernly, Bernhard, Muessig, Johanna M., Kelm, Malte, Boumendil, Ariane, Morandi, Alessandro, Andersen, Finn H., Artigas, Antonio, Bertolini, Guido, Cecconi, Maurizio, Christensen, Steffen, Faraldi, Loredana, Fjølner, Jesper, Lichtenauer, Michael, Bruno, Raphael Romano, Marsh, Brian, Moreno, Rui, Oeyen, Sandra, Öhman, Christina Agvald, Pinto, Bernardo Bollen, Soliman, Ivo W., Szczeklik, Wojciech, Valentin, Andreas, Watson, Ximena, Zafeiridis, Tilemachos, De Lange, Dylan W., Guidet, Bertrand, Flaatten, Hans

Source: In Journal of Critical Care August 2019 52:141-148

Chapter 9 - Postoperative ICU care

Authors: Guidet, Bertrand ^a, Bianco, Céline ^b, Vallet, Hélène ^{c, d}, Flaatten, Hans ^e

Source: In Geriatric Surgery and Perioperative Care 2025:117-127

Chapter 10 - How should an older patient be managed after surgery?

Authors: Bui, Tri-Vu ^a, Royer, Luca ^{a, b}, Flaatten, Hans ^c, Guidet, Bertrand ^d, Vallet, Hélène ^{a, b}

Source: In Geriatric Surgery and Perioperative Care 2025:129-145

Sublingual microcirculatory assessment on admission independently predicts the outcome of old intensive care patients suffering from shock.

Authors: Bruno, Raphael Romano, Schemmelmann, Mara, Hornemann, Johanna, Moecke, Helene Mathilde Emilie, Demirtas, Filiz, Palici, Lina, Marinova, Radost, Kanschik, Dominika, Binnebößel, Stephan, Spomer, Armin, Guidet, Bertrand, Leaver, Susannah, Flaatten, Hans, Szczeklik, Wojciech, Mikiewicz, Maciej, De Lange, Dylan W., Quenard, Stanislas, Beil, Michael, Kelm, Malte, Jung, Christian

Source: Scientific Reports; 10/27/2024, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p

Subject Terms: OLDER patients, INTENSIVE care patients, INTENSIVE care units, MICROCIRCULATION, CRITICALLY ill

High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T and Frailty Predict Short-Term Mortality in Patients ≥75 Years Undergoing Emergency Abdominal Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study.

Authors: Aakre, Elin Kismul, Aakre, Kristin Moberg, Flaatten, Hans, Hufthammer, Karl Ove, Ranhoff, Anette Hylen, Jammer, Ib

Source: Anesthesia & Analgesia; Aug2024, Vol. 139 Issue 2, p313-322, 10p

Consent is a confounding factor in a prospective observational study of critically ill elderly patients.

Authors: Flaatten, Hans¹ (AUTHOR) Hans.flaatten@uib.no, Guidet, Bertrand² (AUTHOR), Jung, Christian³ (AUTHOR), Boumendil, Ariane⁴ (AUTHOR), Leaver, Susannah⁵ (AUTHOR), Szczeklik, Wojciech⁶ (AUTHOR), Artigas, Antonio⁷ (AUTHOR), Andersen, Finn⁸ (AUTHOR), Moreno, Rui⁹ (AUTHOR), Walther, Sten¹⁰ (AUTHOR), Oeyen, Sandra¹¹ (AUTHOR), Schefold, Joerg C.¹² (AUTHOR), Marsh, Brian¹³ (AUTHOR), Joannidis, Michael¹⁴ (AUTHOR), Elhadi, Muhammed¹⁵ (AUTHOR), Nalapko, Yuriy¹⁶ (AUTHOR), Fjølner, Jesper¹⁷ (AUTHOR), de Lange, Dylan W.¹⁸ (AUTHOR)

Source: PLoS ONE. 10/27/2022, Vol. 17 Issue 10, p1-9. 9p.

Subject Terms: *CRITICALLY ill children, *OLDER patients, *CRITICALLY ill, *AGE distribution, *LONGITUDINAL method, *SCIENTIFIC observation

Geographic Terms: ENGLAND

A retrospective cohort study comparing differences in 30-day mortality among critically ill patients aged ≥ 70 years treated in European tax-based healthcare systems (THS) versus social health insurance systems.

Authors: Wernly, Bernhard^1,2 (AUTHOR), Flaatten, Hans^3,4 (AUTHOR), Beil, Michael⁵ (AUTHOR), Fjølner, Jesper⁶ (AUTHOR), Bruno, Raphael Romano⁷ (AUTHOR), Artigas, Antonio⁸ (AUTHOR), Pinto, Bernardo Bollen⁹ (AUTHOR), Schefold, Joerg C.¹⁰ (AUTHOR), Kelm, Malte⁷ (AUTHOR), Sigal, Sviri⁵ (AUTHOR), van Heerden, Peter Vernon¹¹ (AUTHOR), Szczeklik, Wojciech¹² (AUTHOR), Elhadi, Muhammed¹³ (AUTHOR), Joannidis, Michael¹⁴ (AUTHOR), Rezar, Richard¹⁵ (AUTHOR), Oeyen, Sandra¹⁶ (AUTHOR), Wolff, Georg⁷ (AUTHOR), Marsh, Brian¹⁷ (AUTHOR), Andersen, Finn H.^18,19 (AUTHOR), Moreno, Rui^20,21,22 (AUTHOR)

Source: Scientific Reports. 10/19/2022, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p1-9. 9p.

Subject Terms: *HEALTH insurance, *CRITICALLY ill, *COHORT analysis, *CRITICALLY ill patient care

Geographic Terms: EUROPE

30-Day Mortality among Very Old Patients Admitted to European Intensive Care Units for Major Trauma.

Authors: Duncan, Chris F., Lonsdale, Dagan O., Farrah, Helen, Farnell-Ward, Sarah, Ryan, Christine, Watson, Ximena, Cecconi, Maurizio, Fjølner, Jesper, Szczeklik, Wojciech, Moreno, Rui, Artigas, Antonio, Joannidis, Michael, de Lange, Dylan W., Guidet, Bertrand, Flaatten, Hans, Jung, Christian, Leaver, Susannah K.

Source: Gerontology; 2024, Vol. 70 Issue 7, p715-723, 9p

Subject Terms: TRAUMA centers, INTENSIVE care units, OLDER patients, INTENSIVE care patients, MORTALITY

Geographic Terms: EUROPE

Prognosticating the outcome of intensive care in older patients—a narrative review.

Authors: Beil, Michael, Moreno, Rui, Fronczek, Jakub, Kogan, Yuri, Moreno, Rui Paulo Jorge, Flaatten, Hans, Guidet, Bertrand, de Lange, Dylan, Leaver, Susannah, Nachshon, Akiva, van Heerden, Peter Vernon, Joskowicz, Leo, Sviri, Sigal, Jung, Christian, Szczeklik, Wojciech

Source: Annals of Intensive Care; 6/22/2024, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p1-12, 12p

Subject Terms: ELDER care, PREDICTION models, FUNCTIONAL assessment, UNCERTAINTY, TREATMENT effectiveness, DECISION making, CONFIDENCE, SEVERITY of illness index, DISEASES, INTENSIVE care units, QUALITY of life, MACHINE learning, CRITICAL care medicine, PATIENTS' attitudes, OVERALL survival, HEALTH care rationing