Management of trauma in the geriatric patient

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Deiner, Stacie ^a   Silverstein, Jeffrey H ^a   Abrams, Kenneth J ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Atlantic City Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Closed head injury; Elderly; Geriatrics; Orthopedic injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; VASODILATOR AGENT; VECURONIUM;

AGING; ANESTHESIST; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FRACTURE FIXATION; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

EID: 2342422896     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200404000-00013     Document Type: Review

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