Age: Is itall in the head? factors influencing mortality inelderly patients with head injuries

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages E8-E11

  Richmond, Robyn ^a   Aldaghlas, Tayseer A ^a   Burke, Christine ^a   Rizzo, Anne G ^a   Griffen, Margaret ^a   Pullarkat, Ranjit ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; AIRBAG; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FATALITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960421152     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181fbaa46     Document Type: Article

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