Two Cohorts of Severely Injured Trauma Patients, Nearly Two Decades Apart: Unchanged Mortality But Improved Quality of Life Despite Higher Age
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Two cohorts of severely injured trauma patients, nearly two decades apart: unchanged mortality but improved quality of life despite higher age.
BACKGROUND The care for trauma patients has undergone major changes during the last decades. Additionally, many injury prevention measures have been established. The objective of these efforts was to reduce the number of traumatic incidents and to reduce mortality and morbidity in injured patients. The aim of our study was to assess how these measures and improved care have altered trauma mecha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0022-5282
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000228890.65522.53