Nonoperative management of blunt splenic trauma in the elderly: Does age play a role?

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 585-589

  Siriratsivawong, Kris ^a   Zenati, Mazen ^b   Watson, Gregory A ^b   Harbrecht, Brian G ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELDERLY CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPLEEN INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34548580475     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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