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Polytrauma in the elderly: predictors of the cause and time of death
BACKGROUND: Increasing age and significant pre-existing medical conditions (PMCs) are independent risk factors associated with increased mortality after trauma. Our aim was to review all trauma deaths, identifying the cause and the relation to time from injury, ISS, age and PMCs. METHODS: A retrospe...
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BioMed Central
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2880283/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20465806 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-18-26 |