Characteristics and outcomes of serious traumatic injury in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 215-222

  Richmond, Therese S ^a   Kauder, Donald ^a   Strumpf, Neville ^a   Meredith, Tammy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ORC Macro   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Discharge placement; Mortality; Older adults; Outcomes; Serious injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FALLING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB INJURY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036166367     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50051.x     Document Type: Article

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