Should age be a factor to change from a level II to a level i trauma activation?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-92

  Shifflette, Vanessa K ^a   Lorenzo, Manuel ^a   Mangram, Alicia J ^a   Truitt, Michael S ^a   Amos, Joseph D ^a   Dunn, Ernest L ^a  

^a METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Elderly; Trauma activation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSENSUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954717671     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e291e9     Document Type: Article

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