Elderly trauma: they are different

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-30

  Gillies, Donna ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BED OCCUPANCY; CAUSALITY; CRITICAL CARE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033085117     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(99)70509-6     Document Type: Article

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