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Ground-Level Geriatric Falls: A Not-So-Minor Mechanism of Injury

Introduction. Ground-level falls are typically regarded as a minor mechanism of injury that do not necessitate trauma team activation; however, they represent a significant proportion of hospitalised trauma and can result in multisystem injury. Case Presentation. A 79-year-old nursing home resident...

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Autores principales: Parker, Simon, Afsharpad, Arash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25431716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/164632