| Literature DB >> 34345308 |
S Schmid1, K Heissner1, S Schlosser1, M Müller-Schilling1.
Abstract
The percentage of geriatric patients treated in intensive care units continues to increase, comprising up to 30%. Age per se is not of great relevance for the outcome of intensive care treatment. Functional status and geriatric syndromes are crucial for prognosis. Frailty and delirium are very important and should be screened using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) and Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU), respectively. Furthermore, age-physiological organ changes as well as multimorbidity and associated polypharmacy play an important role. The latter should be assessed at the time of admission. Another goal of intensive care treatment of geriatric patients is to maintain and improve the nutritional status, which can be assessed with the help of an established tool (e.g. NRS 2002). In the treatment of critically ill geriatric patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), frailty is also crucial. It is particularly important in the intensive medical treatment of critically ill geriatric patients to clarify the question whether the patient benefits from each intensive care therapy, e.g., whether a desired therapeutic goal can be achieved, whether intensive care is in the (presumed) patient's will and whether the burdens during treatment are justified by the perspective of life. Furthermore, interdepartmental cooperation plays an important role in the intensive medical care of geriatric patients. © Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature 2021.Entities:
Keywords: Delirium; Frailty; Multimorbidity; Nutritional status; Polypharmacy
Year: 2021 PMID: 34345308 PMCID: PMC8323542 DOI: 10.1007/s11377-021-00552-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gastroenterologe ISSN: 1861-9681

| Definition | Prävalenz | |
|---|---|---|
| Gebrechlichkeit (Frailty) | Zustand erhöhter Vulnerabilität mit gesteigertem Risiko für ungünstiges intensivmedizinisches Outcome [ | 25–50 % der älteren Menschen [ |
| Delir | Ätiologisch unspezifisches, polymorphes, hirnorganisches Syndrom, das nicht allein durch Intoxikation mit Alkohol oder psychotropen Substanzen verursacht wird [ | 14–83 % der Patienten auf der Intensivstation [ |

| Definition | Prävalenz | |
|---|---|---|
| Multimorbidität | Gleichzeitiges Vorliegen ≥ 3 chronischer Erkrankungen. Dabei steht nicht eine einzelne Erkrankung im besonderen Fokus der Aufmerksamkeit | 55–98 % bei älteren Menschen |
| Polypharmazie | Dauerhafte Einnahme von ≥ 5 Medikamenten | Etwa 40 % der älteren Menschen |
