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Prediction of mortality in critically-ill elderly trauma patients: a single centre retrospective observational study and comparison of the performance of trauma scores

BACKGROUND: Trauma in the elderly (≥ 65 years) population is increasing. This study compares the performance of trauma scoring systems in predicting 30-day mortality among the traumatised elderly patients admitted to the intensive care unit in a major trauma centre. METHODS: We collected retrospecti...

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Autores principales: Egglestone, Rebecca, Sparkes, David, Dushianthan, Ahilanandan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7510154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32967736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-020-00788-9