Severe and multiple trauma in older patients; incidence and mortality

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 362-367

  Giannoudis, P V ^a   Harwood, P J ^a   Court Brown, C ^b   Pape, H C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Age; Elderly; Mortality; Multiple injury; Outcome; Polytrauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549145707     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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