Trauma patients 75-years and older: Long-term follow-up a results justify aggressive management

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 618-624

  Battistella, Felix D ^a   Din, Adnan M ^a   Perez, Leanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional status; Geriatric; Outcome; Survival; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD INJURY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJURY; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031941104     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199804000-00010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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