The impact of discharging minimally injured trauma patient: Does age play a role in trauma admission?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1331-1335

  Peschman, Jacob ^a   Neideen, Todd ^a   Brasel, Karen ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbities in the trauma patient; Geriatric trauma; Trauma admission criteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE;

EID: 79958783203     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31821693e2     Document Type: Article

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