Management and outcomes in critically ill nonagenarian versus octogenarian patients

Raphael Romano Bruno, Bernhard Wernly, Malte Kelm, Ariane Boumendil, Alessandro Morandi, Finn H Andersen, Antonio Artigas, Stefano Finazzi, Maurizio Cecconi, Steffen Christensen, Loredana Faraldi, Michael Lichtenauer, Johanna M Muessig, Brian Marsh, Rui Moreno, Sandra Oeyen, Christina Agvald Öhman, Bernardo Bollen Pinto, Ivo W Soliman, Wojciech Szczeklik, Andreas Valentin, Ximena Watson, Susannah Leaver, Carole Boulanger, Sten Walther, Joerg C Schefold, Michael Joannidis, Yuriy Nalapko, Muhammed Elhadi, Jesper Fjølner, Tilemachos Zafeiridis, Dylan W De Lange, Bertrand Guidet, Hans Flaatten, Christian Jung, VIP2 study group, Michael Joannidis, Philipp Eller, Raimund Helbok, René Schmutz, Joke Nollet, Nikolaas de Neve, Pieter De Buysscher, Sandra Oeyen, Walter Swinnen, Marijana Mikačić, Anders Bastiansen, Andreas Husted, Bård E S Dahle, Christine Cramer, Christoffer Sølling, Dorthe Ørsnes, Jakob Edelberg Thomsen, Jonas Juul Pedersen, Mathilde Hummelmose Enevoldsen, Thomas Elkmann, Agnieszka Kubisz-Pudelko, Alan Pope, Amy Collins, Ashok S Raj, Carole Boulanger, Christian Frey, Ciaran Hart, Clare Bolger, Dominic Spray, Georgina Randell, Helder Filipe, Ingeborg D Welters, Irina Grecu, Jane Evans, Jason Cupitt, Jenny Lord, Jeremy Henning, Joanne Jones, Jonathan Ball, Julie North, Kiran Salaunkey, Laura Ortiz-Ruiz De Gordoa, Louise Bell, Madhu Balasubramaniam, Marcela Vizcaychipi, Maria Faulkner, Mc Donald Mupudzi, Megan Lea-Hagerty, Michael Reay, Michael Spivey, Nicholas Love, Nick Spittle Nick Spittle, Nigel White, Patricia Williams, Patrick Morgan, Phillipa Wakefield, Rachel Savine, Reni Jacob, Richard Innes, Ritoo Kapoor, Sally Humphreys, Steve Rose, Susan Dowling, Susannah Leaver, Tarkeshwari Mane, Tom Lawton, Vongayi Ogbeide, Waqas Khaliq, Yolanda Baird, Antoine Romen, Arnaud Galbois, Bertrand Guidet, Christophe Vinsonneau, Cyril Charron, Didier Thevenin, Emmanuel Guerot, Guillaume Besch, Guillaume Savary, Hervé Mentec, Jean-Luc Chagnon, Jean-Philippe Rigaud, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Jeremy Castanera, Jérémy Rosman, Julien Maizel, Kelly Tiercelet, Lucie Vettoretti, Maud Mousset Hovaere, Messika Messika, Michel Djibré, Nathalie Rolin, Philippe Burtin, Pierre Garcon, Saad Nseir, Xavier Valette, Christian Rabe, Eberhard Barth, Henning Ebelt, Kristina Fuest, Marcus Franz, Michael Horacek, Michael Schuster, Patrick Meybohm, Raphael Romano Bruno, Sebastian Allgäuer, Simon Dubler, Stefan J Schaller, Stefan Schering, Stephan Steiner, Thorben Dieck, Tim Rahmel, Tobias Graf, Anastasia Koutsikou, Aristeidis Vakalos, Bogdan Raitsiou, Elli Niki Flioni, Evangelia Neou, Fotios Tsimpoukas, Georgios Papathanakos, Giorgos Marinakis, Ioannis Koutsodimitropoulos, Kounougeri Aikaterini, Nikoletta Rovina, Stylliani Kourelea, Polychronis Tasioudis, Vasiiios Zidianakis, Vryza Konstantinia, Zoi Aidoni, Brian Marsh, Catherine Motherway, Chris Read, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Andrea Neville Cracchiolo, Aristide Morigi, Italo Calamai, Stefania Brusa, Ahmed Elhadi, Ahmed Tarek, Ala Khaled, Hazem Ahmed, Wesal Ali Belkhair, Alexander D Cornet, Diederik Gommers, Dylan W De Lange, Eva van Boven, Jasper Haringman, Lenneke Haas, Lettie van den Berg, Oscar Hoiting, Peter de Jager, Rik T Gerritsen, Tom Dormans, Willem Dieperink, Alena Breidablik Alena Breidablik, Anita Slapgard, Anne-Karin Rime, Bente Jannestad, Britt Sjøbøe, Eva Rice, Finn H Andersen, Hans Frank Strietzel, Jan Peter Jensen, Jørund Langørgen, Kirsti Tøien, Kristian Strand, Michael Hahn, Pål Klepstad, Aleksandra Biernacka, Anna Kluzik, Bartosz Kudlinski, Dariusz Maciejewski, Dorota Studzińska, Hubert Hymczak, Jan Stefaniak, Joanna Solek-Pastuszka, Joanna Zorska, Katarzyna Cwyl, Lukasz J Krzych, Maciej Zukowski, Małgorzata Lipińska-Gediga, Marek Pietruszko, Mariusz Piechota, Marta Serwa, Miroslaw Czuczwar, Mirosław Ziętkiewicz, Natalia Kozera, Paweł Nasiłowski, Paweł Sendur, Paweł Zatorski, Piotr Galkin, Ryszard Gawda, Urszula Kościuczuk, Waldemar Cyrankiewicz, Wojciech Gola, Alexandre Fernandes Pinto, Ana Margarida Fernandes, Ana Rita Santos, Cristina Sousa, Inês Barros, Isabel Amorim Ferreira, Jacobo Bacariza Blanco, João Teles Carvalho, Jose Maia, Nuno Candeias, Nuno Catorze, Vladislav Belskiy, Africa Lores, Angela Prado Mira, Catia Cilloniz, David Perez-Torres, Emilio Maseda, Enver Rodriguez, Estefania Prol-Silva, Gaspar Eixarch, Gemma Gomà, Gerardo Aguilar, Gonzalo Navarro Velasco, Marián Irazábal Jaimes, Mercedes Ibarz Villamayor, Noemí Llamas Fernández, Patricia Jimeno Cubero, Sonia López-Cuenca, Teresa Tomasa, Anders Sjöqvist, Camilla Brorsson, Fredrik Schiöler, Henrik Westberg, Jessica Nauska, Joakim Sivik, Johan Berkius, Karin Kleiven Thiringer, Lina De Geer, Sten Walther, Filippo Boroli, Joerg C Schefold, Leila Hergafi, Philippe Eckert, Ismail Yıldız, Ihor Yovenko, Yuriy Nalapko, Richard Pugh, Raphael Romano Bruno, Bernhard Wernly, Malte Kelm, Ariane Boumendil, Alessandro Morandi, Finn H Andersen, Antonio Artigas, Stefano Finazzi, Maurizio Cecconi, Steffen Christensen, Loredana Faraldi, Michael Lichtenauer, Johanna M Muessig, Brian Marsh, Rui Moreno, Sandra Oeyen, Christina Agvald Öhman, Bernardo Bollen Pinto, Ivo W Soliman, Wojciech Szczeklik, Andreas Valentin, Ximena Watson, Susannah Leaver, Carole Boulanger, Sten Walther, Joerg C Schefold, Michael Joannidis, Yuriy Nalapko, Muhammed Elhadi, Jesper Fjølner, Tilemachos Zafeiridis, Dylan W De Lange, Bertrand Guidet, Hans Flaatten, Christian Jung, VIP2 study group, Michael Joannidis, Philipp Eller, Raimund Helbok, René Schmutz, Joke Nollet, Nikolaas de Neve, Pieter De Buysscher, Sandra Oeyen, Walter Swinnen, Marijana Mikačić, Anders Bastiansen, Andreas Husted, Bård E S Dahle, Christine Cramer, Christoffer Sølling, Dorthe Ørsnes, Jakob Edelberg Thomsen, Jonas Juul Pedersen, Mathilde Hummelmose Enevoldsen, Thomas Elkmann, Agnieszka Kubisz-Pudelko, Alan Pope, Amy Collins, Ashok S Raj, Carole Boulanger, Christian Frey, Ciaran Hart, Clare Bolger, Dominic Spray, Georgina Randell, Helder Filipe, Ingeborg D Welters, Irina Grecu, Jane Evans, Jason Cupitt, Jenny Lord, Jeremy Henning, Joanne Jones, Jonathan Ball, Julie North, Kiran Salaunkey, Laura Ortiz-Ruiz De Gordoa, Louise Bell, Madhu Balasubramaniam, Marcela Vizcaychipi, Maria Faulkner, Mc Donald Mupudzi, Megan Lea-Hagerty, Michael Reay, Michael Spivey, Nicholas Love, Nick Spittle Nick Spittle, Nigel White, Patricia Williams, Patrick Morgan, Phillipa Wakefield, Rachel Savine, Reni Jacob, Richard Innes, Ritoo Kapoor, Sally Humphreys, Steve Rose, Susan Dowling, Susannah Leaver, Tarkeshwari Mane, Tom Lawton, Vongayi Ogbeide, Waqas Khaliq, Yolanda Baird, Antoine Romen, Arnaud Galbois, Bertrand Guidet, Christophe Vinsonneau, Cyril Charron, Didier Thevenin, Emmanuel Guerot, Guillaume Besch, Guillaume Savary, Hervé Mentec, Jean-Luc Chagnon, Jean-Philippe Rigaud, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Jeremy Castanera, Jérémy Rosman, Julien Maizel, Kelly Tiercelet, Lucie Vettoretti, Maud Mousset Hovaere, Messika Messika, Michel Djibré, Nathalie Rolin, Philippe Burtin, Pierre Garcon, Saad Nseir, Xavier Valette, Christian Rabe, Eberhard Barth, Henning Ebelt, Kristina Fuest, Marcus Franz, Michael Horacek, Michael Schuster, Patrick Meybohm, Raphael Romano Bruno, Sebastian Allgäuer, Simon Dubler, Stefan J Schaller, Stefan Schering, Stephan Steiner, Thorben Dieck, Tim Rahmel, Tobias Graf, Anastasia Koutsikou, Aristeidis Vakalos, Bogdan Raitsiou, Elli Niki Flioni, Evangelia Neou, Fotios Tsimpoukas, Georgios Papathanakos, Giorgos Marinakis, Ioannis Koutsodimitropoulos, Kounougeri Aikaterini, Nikoletta Rovina, Stylliani Kourelea, Polychronis Tasioudis, Vasiiios Zidianakis, Vryza Konstantinia, Zoi Aidoni, Brian Marsh, Catherine Motherway, Chris Read, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Andrea Neville Cracchiolo, Aristide Morigi, Italo Calamai, Stefania Brusa, Ahmed Elhadi, Ahmed Tarek, Ala Khaled, Hazem Ahmed, Wesal Ali Belkhair, Alexander D Cornet, Diederik Gommers, Dylan W De Lange, Eva van Boven, Jasper Haringman, Lenneke Haas, Lettie van den Berg, Oscar Hoiting, Peter de Jager, Rik T Gerritsen, Tom Dormans, Willem Dieperink, Alena Breidablik Alena Breidablik, Anita Slapgard, Anne-Karin Rime, Bente Jannestad, Britt Sjøbøe, Eva Rice, Finn H Andersen, Hans Frank Strietzel, Jan Peter Jensen, Jørund Langørgen, Kirsti Tøien, Kristian Strand, Michael Hahn, Pål Klepstad, Aleksandra Biernacka, Anna Kluzik, Bartosz Kudlinski, Dariusz Maciejewski, Dorota Studzińska, Hubert Hymczak, Jan Stefaniak, Joanna Solek-Pastuszka, Joanna Zorska, Katarzyna Cwyl, Lukasz J Krzych, Maciej Zukowski, Małgorzata Lipińska-Gediga, Marek Pietruszko, Mariusz Piechota, Marta Serwa, Miroslaw Czuczwar, Mirosław Ziętkiewicz, Natalia Kozera, Paweł Nasiłowski, Paweł Sendur, Paweł Zatorski, Piotr Galkin, Ryszard Gawda, Urszula Kościuczuk, Waldemar Cyrankiewicz, Wojciech Gola, Alexandre Fernandes Pinto, Ana Margarida Fernandes, Ana Rita Santos, Cristina Sousa, Inês Barros, Isabel Amorim Ferreira, Jacobo Bacariza Blanco, João Teles Carvalho, Jose Maia, Nuno Candeias, Nuno Catorze, Vladislav Belskiy, Africa Lores, Angela Prado Mira, Catia Cilloniz, David Perez-Torres, Emilio Maseda, Enver Rodriguez, Estefania Prol-Silva, Gaspar Eixarch, Gemma Gomà, Gerardo Aguilar, Gonzalo Navarro Velasco, Marián Irazábal Jaimes, Mercedes Ibarz Villamayor, Noemí Llamas Fernández, Patricia Jimeno Cubero, Sonia López-Cuenca, Teresa Tomasa, Anders Sjöqvist, Camilla Brorsson, Fredrik Schiöler, Henrik Westberg, Jessica Nauska, Joakim Sivik, Johan Berkius, Karin Kleiven Thiringer, Lina De Geer, Sten Walther, Filippo Boroli, Joerg C Schefold, Leila Hergafi, Philippe Eckert, Ismail Yıldız, Ihor Yovenko, Yuriy Nalapko, Richard Pugh

Abstract

Background: Intensive care unit (ICU) patients age 90 years or older represent a growing subgroup and place a huge financial burden on health care resources despite the benefit being unclear. This leads to ethical problems. The present investigation assessed the differences in outcome between nonagenarian and octogenarian ICU patients.

Methods: We included 7900 acutely admitted older critically ill patients from two large, multinational studies. The primary outcome was 30-day-mortality, and the secondary outcome was ICU-mortality. Baseline characteristics consisted of frailty assessed by the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), ICU-management, and outcomes were compared between octogenarian (80-89.9 years) and nonagenarian (> 90 years) patients. We used multilevel logistic regression to evaluate differences between octogenarians and nonagenarians.

Results: The nonagenarians were 10% of the entire cohort. They experienced a higher percentage of frailty (58% vs 42%; p < 0.001), but lower SOFA scores at admission (6 + 5 vs. 7 + 6; p < 0.001). ICU-management strategies were different. Octogenarians required higher rates of organ support and nonagenarians received higher rates of life-sustaining treatment limitations (40% vs. 33%; p < 0.001). ICU mortality was comparable (27% vs. 27%; p = 0.973) but a higher 30-day-mortality (45% vs. 40%; p = 0.029) was seen in the nonagenarians. After multivariable adjustment nonagenarians had no significantly increased risk for 30-day-mortality (aOR 1.25 (95% CI 0.90-1.74; p = 0.19)).

Conclusion: After adjustment for confounders, nonagenarians demonstrated no higher 30-day mortality than octogenarian patients. In this study, being age 90 years or more is no particular risk factor for an adverse outcome. This should be considered- together with illness severity and pre-existing functional capacity - to effectively guide triage decisions.

Trial registration: NCT03134807 and NCT03370692 .

Keywords: Frailty; Intensive care medicine; Nonagenarians; Octogenarians; Outcome.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

© 2021. The Author(s).

Figures

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Comparison of 30-day and ICU-mortality. A: ICU-mortality [%], B: 30-day-mortality [%]. * = p < 0.05

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