Citation

Mandavia D, Newton K. Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 1998; 16(1): 257-274.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9496324

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.

Language: en