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How Does Frailty Factor Into Mortality Risk Assessment of a Middle-Aged and Geriatric Trauma Population?

INTRODUCTION: Frailty in elderly trauma populations has been correlated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The Score for Trauma Triage in the Geriatric and Middle-Aged (STTGMA) is a validated mortality risk score that evaluates 4 major physiologic criteria: age, comorbidities, vital...

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Autores principales: Konda, Sanjit R., Lott, Ariana, Saleh, Hesham, Schubl, Sebastian, Chan, Jeffrey, Egol, Kenneth A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5755843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29318084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2151458517735202