Unique pattern of complications in elderly trauma patients at a Level i trauma center

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 112-118

  Adams, Sasha D ^a   Cotton, Bryan A ^a,c   McGuire, Mary F ^a   Dipasupil, Edmundo ^d   Podbielski, Jeanette M ^c   Zaharia, Adrian ^a   Ware, Drue N ^a   Gill, Brijesh S ^a   Albarado, Rondel ^a   Kozar, Rosemary A ^a   Duke, James R ^a   Adams, Philip R ^a   Dyer, Carmel B ^b   Holcomb, John B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Elderly; ISS; Mortality; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT CARE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUND INFECTION; AGE; ARTICLE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859648340     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318241f073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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