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Geriatric High-Energy Polytrauma With Orthopedic Injuries: Clinical Predictors of Mortality

BACKGROUND: The impact of orthopedic injuries in the elderly patient with multi-trauma and the effect of operative fixation on these injuries have not been thoroughly evaluated. METHODS: We reviewed geriatric patients (aged 65 and older) between 2004 and 2010 at a level 1 trauma center who sustained...

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Autores principales: Abdelfattah, Adham, Del Core, Michael, Cannada, Lisa K., Watson, J. Tracy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4252158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26246939
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2151458514548578