Outcome and prognosis after multiple trauma in the aged;Verlauf und prognose schwerer unfallverletzungen im alter

Unfallchirurg

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 477-482

  Aufmkolk, M ^a   Majetschak, M ^a   Voggenreiter, G ^a   Obertacke, U ^a   Schmit Neuerburg, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multiple trauma; Outcome Age; Polytrauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030811928     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001130050145     Document Type: Article

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