Rib fractures in the elderly: physiology trumps anatomy

INTRODUCTION: Rib fractures in elderly patients are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Predicting which patients are at risk for complications is an area of debate. Current models use anatomic, physiologic or laboratory parameters in isolation to answer this question. The ‘RibScore’...

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Autores principales: Schmoekel, Nathan, Berguson, Jon, Stassinopoulos, Jerry, Karamanos, Efstathios, Patton, Joe, Johnson, Jeffrey L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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4th World Trauma Congress Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6560485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31245614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2018-000257

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6560485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31245614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2018-000257

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