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- Title
Ground-level Falls Are a Marker of Poor Outcome in the Injured Elderly.
- Authors
Gerry, Jon M.; Spain, David A.; Staudenmayer, Kristan L.
- Abstract
The article discusses a research on morbidity and mortality in elderly patients after injury. It references several studies including "Outcomes of Older Persons Receiving Rehabilitation for Medical and Surgical Conditions Compared with Hip Fracture and Stroke" by M. F. Johnson, A. M. Kramer, M. K. Lin, et al in a 2000 issue of the "Journal of the American Geriatrics Society" and "Geriatric Outcomes Improved by a Geriatric Trauma Consultation Service" in a 2006 issue of the "Journal of Trauma."
- Subjects
OLDER patients; OLDER people's injuries; DISEASES in older people; PATIENTS; MORTALITY; GERIATRICS; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
American Surgeon, 2014, Vol 80, Issue 11, p1171
- ISSN
0003-1348
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/000313481408001137