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We aimed to compare the mortality, rates of organ support, and the length of stay in old vs. very old patients with sepsis and septic shock in intensive care.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> This analysis included 9,385 patients, from the multi-center eICU Collaborative Research Database, with sepsis; 6184 were old (aged 65\u201379 years), and 3,201 were very old patients (aged 80 years and older). A multi-level logistic regression analysis was used to fit three sequential regression models for the binary primary outcome of ICU mortality. A sensitivity analysis in septic shock patients (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 1054) was also conducted.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> In the very old patients, the median length of stay was shorter (50 \u00b1 67 vs. 56 \u00b1 72 h; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), and the rate of a prolonged ICU stay was lower (&amp;gt;168 h; 9 vs. 12%; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) than the old patients. The mortality from sepsis was higher in very old patients (13 vs. 11%; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.005), and after multi-variable adjustment being very old was associated with higher odds for ICU mortality (aOR 1.32, 95% CI 1.09\u20131.59; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.004). In patients with septic shock, mortality was also higher in the very old patients (38 vs. 36%; aOR 1.50, 95% CI 1.10\u20132.06; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.01).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> Very old ICU-patients suffer from a slightly higher ICU mortality compared with old ICU-patients. 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