High-level falls: Type and severity of injuries and survival outcome according to age

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 342-345

  Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Murray, James ^a   Brown, Carlos ^a   Velmahos, George ^a   Salim, Ali ^a   Alo, Kathy ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age groups; High level falls; Injury severity; Nature of injuries; Survival

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMUR FRACTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORGAN INJURY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FRACTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURVIVAL; THORAX INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 13844292782     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000135161.44100.D8     Document Type: Article

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