Non-hip fracture-associated trauma in the elderly population

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 635-640

  Soffer, Dror ^a,b   Klausner, Josef ^a,b   Szold, Oded ^a,b   Schulman, Carl I ^c   Halpern, Pinhas ^a,b   Savitsky, Bella ^b   Aharonson Daniel, Limor ^b   Peleg, Kobi ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hip fracture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CONTROL; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749059768     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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