Identification of an age cutoff for increased mortality in patients with elderly trauma

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-158

  Caterino, Jeffrey M ^a   Valasek, Tricia ^b   Werman, Howard A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Association of Local Boards of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OHIO; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 76249098936     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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