Nonagenarians and trauma: An increasingly common combination [3]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 729-731

  Dangleben, Dale ^a   Salim, Ali ^a   Grossman, David ^a   Sandhu, Rovinder ^a   Pasquale, Michael D ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 18944398439     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53228_3.x     Document Type: Letter

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