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National survey of family physicians to define functional decline in elderly patients with minor trauma

BACKGROUND: Failing to assess elderly patients for functional decline at the time around a minor injury may result in adverse health outcomes. This study was conducted to define what constitutes clinically significant functional decline and the sensitivity required for a clinical decision instrument...

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Autores principales: Abdulaziz, Kasim E., Brehaut, Jamie, Taljaard, Monica, Émond, Marcel, Sirois, Marie-Josée, Lee, Jacques S., Wilding, Laura, Perry, Jeffrey J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27550226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-016-0520-1