Defining geriatric trauma: When does age make a difference?

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 668-675

  Goodmanson, Nicholas W ^a   Rosengart, Matthew R ^a   Barnato, Amber E ^a   Sperry, Jason L ^a   Peitzman, Andrew B ^a   Marshall, Gary T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC TRAUMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PENNSYLVANIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867014349     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.08.017     Document Type: Article

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