Resumen de ICU Care: Invaluable for Some Older Patients with Pneumonia

Joan Zolot

• According to this study:

  * Some older patients with pneumonia appear to be admitted to the ICU rather than to a general unit merely because they live near a hospital with a high ICU admission rate.

  * Despite their seemingly arbitrary assignation to the ICU, these “borderline” patients may have greater survival rates without creating a higher cost burden.