Surgery in the elderly: Is age a risk factor?

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-175

  Crandon, Ivor W ^a   Harding, H ^a   Carpenter, R ^a   Branday, J M ^a   Simeon, D T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Caribbean Health Research Council   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 25144510496     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000300003     Document Type: Article

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