Low-impact pelvic fractures in the emergency department

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 509-513

  Dodge, Greg ^a   Brison, Rob ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Falls in elderly; Low impact trauma; Morbidity; Mortality; Outcomes; Pelvic fracture

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDEPENDENCE; LOW IMPACT PELVIC FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC GIRDLE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953010066     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500012732     Document Type: Article

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