Trauma in the elderly patient

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1093-1098

  Victorino, Gregory P ^a   Chong, Terry J ^b   Pal, Jay D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYTOKINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; NARCOTIC AGENT; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

AGE; AGED; ANALGESIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRECIPITATE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGAN INJURY; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; AGING; ANALGESIA; ANTICOAGULANTS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; RESUSCITATION; RIB FRACTURES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0141889304     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.138.10.1093     Document Type: Review

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