Admission of elderly blunt thoracic trauma patients directly to the intensive care unit improves outcomes - Pyke OJ, Rubano JA, Vosswinkel JA, McCormack JE, Huang EC, Jawa RS.

INTRODUCTION: Blunt thoracic trauma in the elderly has been associated with adverse outcomes. As an internal quality improvement initiative, direct intensive care unit (ICU) admission of nonmechanically ventilated elderly patients with clinically important...

Source: SafetyLit - October 30, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news