Traumatic brain injury in the elderly: A level 1 trauma centre study

Brain Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 558-564

  De Guise, Elaine ^a,b   Leblanc, Joanne ^c   Dagher, Jehane ^a,c   Tinawi, Simon ^a,c   Lamoureux, Julie ^b   Marcoux, Judith ^a   Maleki, Mohammed ^a   Feyz, Mitra ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Level 1 trauma centre; Older age; Outcome; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CANADA; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOME; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; BRAIN INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928892414     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2014.976593     Document Type: Article

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