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A Delphi study to identify prehospital and emergency department trauma care modifiers for older adults

BACKGROUND: Older patients (age ≥ 65 yr) with trauma have increased morbidity and mortality compared to younger patients; this is partly explained by undertriage of older patients with trauma, resulting in lack of transfer to a trauma centre or failure to activate the trauma team. The objective of t...

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Autores principales: Yadav, Krishan, Boucher, Valérie, Le Sage, Natalie, Malo, Christian, Mercier, Éric, Voyer, Philippe, Clément, Julien, Émond, Marcel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CMA Joule Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8327996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34085511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cjs.021519