The impact of age-related syndromes on ICU process and outcomes in very old patients

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 1 Use of ICU procedures and ICU LOS in three ranges of CFS in two large prospective European studies (VIP)

CFS class	n =	Mechanical ventilation	%	Vasoactive drugs	%	RRT	%	LOS (days)
< 4	3493	1851	53.0	1879	53.8	887	25.4	5.7
4	1792	887	49.5	973	54.3	199	11.1	6
> 4	3799	1884	49.6	2198	57.9	411	10.8	5.7

Data extracted from VIP1 (Flaatten H et al. Int Care Med 2017 [1]) and VIP2 (Guidet B et al. Int Care Med [2]) studies
CFS Clinical frailty score; LOS Length of stay; RRT Renal replacement Therapy)