High mortality in elderly drivers is associated with distinct injury patterns: Analysis of 187,869 injured drivers

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 304-310

  Bauzá, Graciela ^a   LaMorte, Wayne W ^a   Burke, Peter A ^a   Hirsch, Erwin F ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly drivers; Mortality; Motor vehicle collision; National Trauma Data Bank; Prevention; Restraints

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEAD INJURY; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEATBELT; THORAX INJURY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR BAGS; BOSTON; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; THORACIC INJURIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43149092477     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181634893     Document Type: Article

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