Trauma in the very elderly: a community-based study of outcomes at trauma and nontrauma centers

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-84

  Meldon, Stephen W ^a   Reilly, Mary ^a   Drew, Barbara L ^a   Mancuso, Charlene ^b   Fallon, William ^b  

^a and Metro Life Flight   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036156292     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200201000-00014     Document Type: Article

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