Trauma and Falls in the Elderly

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 413-432

  Aschkenasy, Miriam T ^a   Rothenhaus, Todd C ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DESMOPRESSIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABUSE; ACCIDENTAL HYPOTHERMIA; ACUTE DISEASE; AFTERCARE; AGED; AGING; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BURN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART STRESS; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEGLECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; PEDESTRIAN; PELVIS FRACTURE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RIB FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 33645948766     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2006.01.005     Document Type: Review

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