Elderly patients with pelvic fracture: Interventions and outcomes

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-295

  Dechert, Tracey A ^a   Duane, Therèse M ^a,b   Frykberg, Brett P ^a   Aboutanos, Michel B ^a   Malhotra, Ajai K ^a   Ivatury, Rao R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY SCALE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADULT; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; INCIDENCE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 65549135138     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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