Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU.

GuidelineCritical care medicine· May 2026

Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU.

Lauren E Ferrante, Dipayan Chaudhuri, Kallirroi Laiya Carayannopoulos … Nathan E Brummel

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Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU.

Lauren E Ferrante … Nathan E Brummel

Critical care medicine · May 2026

Background

Older adults (those 65 years old or greater) compose a substantial proportion of the ICU population.

Purpose

The objective of this guideline is to develop evidence-based recommendations addressing the care of older adults during and after critical illness.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted for each question to identify the best available evidence, synthesize the evidence and assess the certainty of evidence using GRADE.

More results

The panel generated two conditional recommendations and three "no recommendation" statements.

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Conclusion

The guideline panel developed recommendations on caring for older adults during and after critical illness. Areas for future research were also identified during the guideline process.

Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU.

Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU.

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