Injury in the Elderly and End-of-Life Decisions

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 229-245

  Chang, Tammy T ^a   Schecter, William P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; CLOPIDOGREL; METOPROLOL; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FRACTURE FIXATION; GERIATRIC INJURY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INDEX; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; LIMB FRACTURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TERMINAL CARE; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33751249601     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2006.09.010     Document Type: Review

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