Abstract：
:Elderly trauma patients present unique challenges and face more significant obstacles to recovery than younger patients. Despite overall higher mortality, longer length of stay, increased resource use, and higher rates of discharge to rehabilitation, most elderly trauma patients return to independent or preinjury functional status. Critical to improving these outcomes is an understanding that although similar trauma principles apply to the elderly, these patients require more aggressive evaluation and resuscitation. This article reviews the recent developments in the literature regarding care of the elderly trauma patient.
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Emerg Med Clin North Amjournal_title
Emergency medicine clinics of North Americaauthors
Callaway DW,Wolfe Rdoi
10.1016/j.emc.2007.06.005subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-08-01 00:00:00pages
837-60, xissue
3eissn
0733-8627issn
1558-0539pii
S0733-8627(07)00063-6journal_volume
25pub_type
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