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Geriatric polytrauma patients should not be excluded from aggressive injury treatment based on age alone

PURPOSE: Age in severely injured patients has been increasing for decades. Older age is associated with increasing mortality. However, morbidity and mortality could possibly be reduced when accurate and aggressive treatment is provided. This study investigated age-related morbidity and mortality in...

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Autores principales: van Wessem, Karlijn J. P., Leenen, Luke P. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7736672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33320284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00068-020-01567-y