Elderly Trauma Patients with Rib Fractures Are at Greater Risk of Death and Pneumonia

Bergeron, Éric; Lavoie, Andre; Clas, David; Moore, Lynne; Ratte, Sebastien; Tetreault, Stephane; Lemaire, Jacques; Martin, Marcel

doi:10.1097/01.ta.0000037095.83469.4c

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Elderly Trauma Patients with Rib Fractures Are at Greater Risk of Death and Pneumonia

Published in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care • Mar 1, 2003

Authors:

Éric Bergeron

Andre Lavoie

David Clas

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to show that elderly patients admitted with rib fractures after blunt trauma have increased mortality. METHODS: Demographic, injury severity, and outcome data on a cohort of consecutive adult trauma admissions with rib fractures to a tertiary care trauma cen...

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Medicine

Glasgow Coma Scale

Injury Severity Score

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