A new multi-national network studying Very old Intensive care Patients (VIPs)

A group based on the Health Service Research and Outcome Section (HSRO) of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) decided to further advance the study of VIPs, and an initiative was launched at the HSRO Section meeting in Milan in October 2016. [...]the use of artificial intelligence to improve prediction of outcome at the individual level [7, 8]. [...]we are planning a study of time-limited trials (TLT) in VIPs. Because the outcome is so difficult to predict, the VIP is admitted to the ICU and given the benefit of full treatment.