International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 209-216 , December 2009

Do Elderly Patients With Non-hematologic Malignancies Have A Worse Outcome in the ICU?

  • Tzu-Tao Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Jen Peng

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chien-Liang Wu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chien-Liang Wu, Division of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan

,Accepted 23 June 2009.

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PII: S1873-9598(10)70003-X

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(10)70003-X

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 209-216 , December 2009

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