Polytrauma in geriatric patients: incidence and mortality
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Polytrauma in geriatric patients: incidence and mortality
Background The increase of traumatic events involving geriatric patients is due to longer life expectancy and a progressive improvement of quality of life. More and more elderly subjects carry out various activities, however because of physical frailty, activity exposes them to the risk of injuries and accidents. They are more susceptible to traumatic injuries of road traffic accidents. Our obj...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Geriatrics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-s1-a13