Comorbidity and age are both independent predictors of length of hospitalization in trauma patients

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 361-366

  Bergeron, Eric ^a   Lavoie, André ^a,b   Moore, Lynne ^b   Clas, David ^a   Rossignol, Michel ^c  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTION; REGISTER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 27144544944     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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