Geriatric motor vehicle collision survival: The role of institutional trauma volume

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1326-1329

  Pandya, Samir R ^a   Yelon, Jay A ^a   Sullivan, Thomas S ^a   Risucci, Donald A ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Geriatric; Outcome; Trauma; Volume

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 79958846423     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31820e327c     Document Type: Article

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