Functional outcomes in octogenarian trauma

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-32

  Grossman, Michael ^a   Scaff, David W ^b   Miller, Donna ^b   James Reed, J M ^b   Hoey, Brian ^a   Anderson, Harry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA BASE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEEDING; GERIATRIC CARE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HYPOTHESIS; INDEPENDENCE; INFECTION; LOCOMOTION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0041705014     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000072109.52351.0D     Document Type: Article

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