Effects of mechanism of injury and patient age on outcomes in geriatric rib fracture patients

BACKGROUND: Patients older than 65 years have 2–5 times higher mortality if they sustain ≥2 rib fractures compared to younger adults. As a result, our level I trauma center guidelines suggest that older adults with rib fractures be admitted to the intensive care unit for the first 24 hours. In this...

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Autores principales: Shi, Helen H, Esquivel, Micaela, Staudenmayer, Kristan L, Spain, David A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
Materias:
Plenary Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5887584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29766084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2016-000074

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5887584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29766084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2016-000074

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