Consent is a confounding factor in a prospective observational study of critically ill elderly patients.

During analysis of a prospective multinational observation study of critically ill patients ≥80 years of age, the VIP2 study, we also studied the effects of differences in country consent for study inclusion. This is a post hoc analysis where the ICUs were analyzed according to requirement for study...

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Main Authors: Hans Flaatten, Bertrand Guidet, Christian Jung, Ariane Boumendil, Susannah Leaver, Wojciech Szczeklik, Antonio Artigas, Finn Andersen, Rui Moreno, Sten Walther, Sandra Oeyen, Joerg C Schefold, Brian Marsh, Michael Joannidis, Muhammed Elhadi, Yuriy Nalapko, Jesper Fjølner, Dylan W de Lange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276386