Multiple trauma and the elderly patient.
The elderly patient is likely to suffer severer immediate effects and more long-term complications from equivalent forces of injury. However, with an aggressive approach to evaluation, monitoring, and treatment, there is hope for successful recovery in the majority of cases.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012307:Risk Factors