Trauma in the elderly patients in Bursa

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-234

  Akköse Aydin, Şule ^a,b   Bulut, Mehtap ^a,b   Fedakar, Recep ^a,b   Özgürer, Aylan ^a,b   Özdemir, Fatma ^a,b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Genel Cerrahi Anabilim Dali   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aged, trauma; Mortality; Trauma scores; Wounds and injuries etiology mortality therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; THORAX INJURY;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 33746088488     PISSN: 13006738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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