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Abstract
This article reviews the salient aspects of geriatric trauma, including common injury mechanisms, physiologic differences in elderly patients, and their prehospital and emergency department evaluation. Specific organ injuries and associated mortality are also discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9496324 DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8627(05)70358-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Emerg Med Clin North Am ISSN: 0733-8627 Impact factor: 2.264