The optimum follow-up period for assessing mortality outcomes in injured older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1843-1849

  Fleischman, Ross J ^a   Adams, Annette L ^a   Hedges, Jerris R ^a   Ma, O John ^a   Mullins, Richard J ^b   Newgard, Craig D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Injuries; Outcome assessment; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HEAD INJURY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78049382280     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03065.x     Document Type: Article

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