Acute trauma and multiple injuries in the elderly population

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-150

  Joyce, Maurice F ^a   Gupta, Anupriya ^a   Azocar, Ruben J ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; frailty; geriatric; orthogeriatrics; trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY; BREATHING; CIRCULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84926391417     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000173     Document Type: Review

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