Epidemiological shifts in elderly traumatic brain injury: 18-year trends in Pennsylvania

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1371-1378

  Ramanathan, Deepa M ^a   McWilliams, Nathan ^b   Schatz, Philip ^c   Hillary, Frank G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation   (United States)

^c SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adult brain injury; epidemiology; geriatric brain injury; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; PENNSYLVANIA; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84860306926     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.2197     Document Type: Article

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