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Intensive Care for Elderly Patients: Clinical, Ethical and Economic Considerations

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Nearly every work on the issues surrounding intensive care for elderly patients starts out with the same premise: that in the western world the future is likely to bring a shortage of young people and an increasing number of over-80s.

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  1. Emergency, Critical Care and First Aid, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese(MI), Italy

    Marco Dei Poli & Marco Resta

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Dei Poli, M., Resta, M. (2012). Intensive Care for Elderly Patients: Clinical, Ethical and Economic Considerations. In: Allaria, B. (eds) Practical Issues in Anesthesia and Intensive Care. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2460-1_1

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