Geriatric-specific triage criteria are more sensitive than standard adult criteria in identifying need for trauma center care in injured older adults

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 92-100.e3

  Ichwan, Brian ^a   Darbha, Subrahmanyam ^b   Shah, Manish N ^c   Thompson, Laura ^d   Evans, David C ^d   Boulger, Creagh T ^d   Caterino, Jeffrey M ^d  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ohio Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ADULT; ADULT TRIAGE CRITERIA; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC TRAUMA TRIAGE CRITERIA; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918817571     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.04.019     Document Type: Article

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