Geriatric Trauma

Overview

Journal Emerg Med Clin North Am

Specialty Emergency Medicine

Date 1998 Mar 13

PMID 9496324

Citations 6

Authors

D Mandavia

K Newton

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Abstract

This article reviews the salient aspects of geriatric trauma, including common injury mechanisms, physiologic differences in elderly patients, and their prehospital and emergency department evaluation. Specific organ injuries and associated mortality are also discussed.

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