Low-impact falls: Demands on a system of trauma management, prediction of outcome, and influence of comorbidities

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 717-724

  Kennedy, R Lee ^a   Grant, Patrick T ^b   Blackwell, David ^c  

^a CITY HOSPITALS SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034762929     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200110000-00016     Document Type: Article

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