Ground level falls are associated with significant mortality in elderly patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 821-824

  Spaniolas, Konstantinos ^a   Cheng, Julius D ^a   Gestring, Mark L ^a   Sangosanya, Ayodele ^a   Stassen, Nicole A ^a   Bankey, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls from standing; Ground level falls; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUND LEVEL FALLS; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPINAL INJURIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC INJURIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77958179269     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181efc6c6     Document Type: Article

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