The Low Fall as a Surrogate Marker of Frailty Predicts Long-Term Mortality in Older Trauma Patients

BACKGROUND: Frailty is associated with adverse outcomes including disability, mortality and risk of falls. Trauma registries capture a broad range of injuries. However, frail patients who fall comprise a large proportion of the injuries occurring in ageing populations and are likely to have differen...

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Vydáno v:PLoS One
Hlavní autoři: Wong, Ting Hway, Nguyen, Hai V., Chiu, Ming Terk, Chow, Khuan Yew, Ong, Marcus Eng Hock, Lim, Gek Hsiang, Nadkarni, Nivedita Vikas, Bautista, Dianne Carrol Tan, Cheng, Jolene Yu Xuan, Loo, Lynette Mee Ann, Seow, Dennis Chuen Chai
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: Public Library of Science 2015
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On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4556701/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26327646
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137127
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