Survey of trauma patients requiring maxillofacial intervention, ages 56 to 91 years, with length of stay analysis

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1114-1125

  Gray, Edward ^a,b   Dierks, Eric ^a   Homer, Louis ^c   Smith, Fredric ^d   Potter, Bryce ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carson Valley Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c Legacy Health Systems   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMORBIDITY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0036787428     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/joms.2002.34976     Document Type: Article

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