High-risk geriatric protocol: Improving mortality in the elderly

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 435-440

  Bradburn, Eric ^a   Rogers, Frederick B ^a   Krasne, Margaret ^a   Rogers, Amelia ^a   Horst, Michael A ^a   Belan, Matthew J ^a   Miller, Jo Ann ^a  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric trauma; mortality; protocol

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84864585795     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31825c7cf4     Document Type: Article

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