Impact of advanced age on outcomes following damage control interventions for trauma

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 208-215

  Lustenberger, Thomas ^a   Talving, Peep ^b   Schnuriger, Beat ^c   Eberle, Barbara M ^c   Keel, Marius J B ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Los Angeles County + University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866006967     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-011-1321-2     Document Type: Article

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