%0 Journal Article %A Zuhal Karakurt %A Nalan Adigüzel %A Döndüye Özgül %A Gökay Güngör %A Özlem Yazicioglu Moçin %A Merih Kalamanoglu Balci %A Senay Baylan %A Cüneyt Saltürk %A Adnan Yilmaz %T Intensive care results and costs of advanced age patients with respiratory failure: 3 years cohort study %D 2011 %J European Respiratory Journal %P p2055 %V 38 %N Suppl 55 %X Aim: Data about intensive care unit (ICU) stay days and costs of advanced age (>80) patients with respiratory failure is limited at our country. Aim of the study is to investigate ICU stay days and costs of advanced age patients.Method: Retrospective cohort study. Between 2008-2010, patients who were over 80 years old and stayed more than 24 hours at ICU were included. Patients demograhic characteristics, arterial blood gases, APACHE II scores, comorbities, ICU and hospital stay days, mortality and costs were recorded from patients files. Patients were grouped according to Katz basic activities of daily living (ADL) scale as group 1 (0-6): independent, full function, group 2 (7-12): moderate impairment, group 3 (13-18): dependent,severe functional impairment. Results are recorded as median and interquartile ratio (IQR).Results: 185 patients (109 women) whose median age was 82 (IQR, 81-84) were included to study. Patients ICU stay days were 6 (3-9), hospital days were 11 (6-17). Costs of ICU and hospital were respectively 1333,64 (693,18-2232,27), 1838,6 (983,58-2698,79)Euro. Groups according to Katz ADL scale group 1: 159 (85.9%), group 2: 12 patients (6.5%), group 3: 14 patients (7.6). ICU costs (Euro) as follows; group 1: 1282,27 (595,00-2232,27), group 2: 1279,31 (758,40-2233,37), group 3:1845,45 (1225,00-2232,27). ICU mortality was 16.6% but majority patients (80%) with group 1.Conclusion: ICU survival of advanced age patients were nearly 80% and because of comorbidities risk of ICU readmission is high. In order to decrease costs of these patients care especiallay bed dependent patients, goverment should developed health policy to build chronic care centers. %U