Relationship of age, injury severity, injury type, comorbid conditions, level of care, and survival among older motor vehicle trauma patients

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-209

  Scheetz, Linda J ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biobehavioral science   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Comorbidities; Injury severity; Survival; Trauma; Trauma centers; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW JERSEY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 21044459701     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20075     Document Type: Article

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