As 30-day mortality and survival are similar to those observed in younger patients, a PD can be offered to carefully selected octogenarians.

The volume of IOC increased with duration of surgery, intra-operative blood losses, and intra-operative blood transfusion, but did not correlate with post-operative morbidity.

Elderly patients hospitalized in the 1990's who receive CPR have outcomes similar to younger patients who receive CPR. The favorable outcome in the elderly patients may reflect patient selection: the majority of our patients were functionally active prior to hospitalization, without multiple serious illnesses; many were hospitalized for acute coronary artery syndromes; and, in most cases, the arrest was witnessed with the patient's cardiac rhythm monitored at onset of the arrest.

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