Superiority of frailty over age in predicting outcomes among geriatric trauma patients: A prospective analysis

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 766-772

  Joseph, Bellal ^a   Pandit, Viraj ^a   Zangbar, Bardiya ^a   Kulvatunyou, Narong ^a   Hashmi, Ammar ^a   Green, Donald J ^a   O'Keeffe, Terence ^a   Tang, Andrew ^a   Vercruysse, Gary ^a   Fain, Mindy J ^a   Friese, Randall S ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY INDEX; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REOPERATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84906676890     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.296     Document Type: Article

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