Head injury mortality in a geriatric population: Differentiating an "edge" age group with better potential for benefit than older poor-prognosis patients

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1355-1361

  Bouras, Triantafyllos ^a   Stranjalis, George ^a   Korfias, Stefanos ^a   Andrianakis, Ilias ^a   Pitaridis, Marianos ^a   Sakas, Damianos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age; Geriatric population; Head injury; Mortality; Outcome; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERIATRIC CARE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548297184     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2005.370     Document Type: Article

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