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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2017
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| 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 |