Critical Care for the Elderly Patient

APACHE II-A Severity of Disease Classification System

1986 • 12,607 citations

APACHE II

1985 • 12,347 citations

Cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms in advanced age.

1993 • 789 citations

Exercise cardiac output is maintained with advancing age in healthy human subjects: cardiac dilatation and increased stroke volume compensate for a diminished heart rate.

1984 • 653 citations

The effect of age upon liver volume and apparent liver blood flow in healthy man

1989 • 616 citations

Mechanisms of ventilator-induced lung injury

1993 • 594 citations

Postoperative recovery of pulmonary function.

1981 • 550 citations

Age as a determinant of renal sodium conservation in normal man.

1976 • 420 citations

Augmentation of atrial contribution to left ventricular inflow with aging as assessed by intracardiac doppler flowmetry

1984 • 397 citations

Senescence and the Renal Vasculature in Normal Man

1974 • 366 citations

Effect of Age on the Response of the Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction to Exercise

1980 • 358 citations

The Influence of Age on the Renal Response to Water Deprivation in Man

1976 • 328 citations

Diaphragm Function after Upper Abdominal Surgery in Humans^1–3

1983 • 315 citations

Long-term Outcome of Critically III Elderly Patients Requiring Intensive Care

1993 • 300 citations

Postoperative Recovery of Pulmunory Fuction

1981 • 263 citations

THE EFFECT OF INCREASING AGE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD FLOW IN MAN

1965 • 163 citations

Differences in cardiovascular responses to isoproterenol in relation to age and exercise training in healthy men.

1992 • 153 citations

One-year outcome of elderly and young patients admitted to intensive care units

1993 • 150 citations

Predictors of Mortality in Older Patients following Medical Intensive Care: The Importance of Functional Status

1991 • 124 citations

Is intensive care worth it?–An assessment of input and outcome for the critically ill

1986 • 117 citations

CIRCULATORY STUDIES ON HEALTHY OLD MEN. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE LIMITATION OF THE MAXIMAL PHYSICAL WORKING CAPACITY.

1964 • 111 citations

Catheter-induced pulmonary artery hemorrhage

1981 • 103 citations

Influence of patients' age on survival, level of therapy and length of stay in intensive care units

1987 • 101 citations

Effect of acute acid loading on urinary acid excretion by the aging human kidney.

1968 • 99 citations

Are Elderly People Less Responsive to Intensive Care?

1990 • 98 citations

Haemodynamics in Acute Myocardial Infarction

1964 • 93 citations

Long term survival after intensive care.

1990 • 87 citations

Influence of aging on pulmonary hemodynamics in a population free of coronary artery disease

1990 • 78 citations

Age-associated decrease in ventricular response to haemodynamic stress during beta-adrenergic blockade.

1978 • 67 citations

Age-Associated Changes in the Components of Atrioventricular Conduction in Apparently Healthy Volunteers

1990 • 66 citations

Physiology of aging related to outcome in the adult respiratory distress syndrome

1990 • 62 citations

Respiratory criteria of fitness for surgery and anaesthesia

1988 • 61 citations

The effect of age on the caloric requirement of malnourished individuals

1992 • 57 citations

Survival compared to the general population and changes in health status among intensive care patients

1989 • 55 citations

Mortality in intensive care patients with respiratory disease. Is age important?

1992 • 54 citations

The Impact of Age on Utilization of Intensive Care Resources

1987 • 54 citations

Decreased growth hormone levels in the catabolic phase of severe injury.

1992 • 49 citations

THE ELDERLY SURGICAL PATIENT

1952 • 45 citations

Mortality in Intensive Care Patients With Respiratory Disease

1992 • 40 citations

Antimicrobial Therapy for the Elderly Patient

1990 • 31 citations

Surgical Intensive Care in the Nonagenarian

1993 • 30 citations

Inotropic response to dobutamine in elderly patients with decompensated congestive heart failure

1990 • 26 citations

Acute IGF-1 deficiency in multiple trauma victims

1992 • 16 citations