Old and undertriaged: A lethal combination

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 711-715

  Rogers, Amelia ^a   Rogers, Frederick ^a   Bradburn, Eric ^a   Krasne, Margaret ^a   Lee, John ^a   Wu, Daniel ^a   Edavettal, Mathew ^a   Horst, Michael ^a  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVISED TRAUMA SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNDERTRIAGED;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84863098914     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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