Causes of death differ between elderly and adult falls

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 617-621

  Allen, Casey J ^a   Hannay, William M ^a   Murray, Clark R ^a   Straker, Richard J ^a   Hanna, Mena M ^a   Meizoso, Jonathan P ^a   Ray, Juliet J ^a   Livingstone, Alan S ^a   Schulman, Carl I ^a   Namias, Nicholas ^a   Proctor, Kenneth G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology of trauma deaths; Geriatrics; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VITAL SIGN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84942592012     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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