Characteristics and outcomes of injured older adults after hospital admission

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 442-449

  Aitken, Leanne M ^a,b   Burmeister, Elizabeth ^a,b   Lang, Jacelle ^c   Chaboyer, Wendy ^a   Richmond, Therese S ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Discharge placement; Mortality; Older adults; Outcomes; Serious injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREDICTION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77949414419     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02728.x     Document Type: Article

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