Evaluation and management of geriatric trauma: An eastern association for the surgery of trauma practice management guideline

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 5 SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages

  Calland, James Forrest ^a   Ingraham, Angela M ^b   Martin, Niels ^c   Marshall, Gary T ^d   Schulman, Carl I ^e   Stapleton, Tristan ^a   Barraco, Robert D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

coagulopathy; elderly; Geriatric; guideline; triage

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; DYING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART INDEX; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTRAABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROIMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; SURGEON; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; RESUSCITATION; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84869746760     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318270191f     Document Type: Article

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