Elderly trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit are different from the younger population

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1098, 1999, Pages 402-404

  Safih, M Shameem ^a   Norton, Robyn ^b   Rogers, Ian ^c   Gardener, James P ^d   Judson, James A ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NELSON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033595596     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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