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Review Article| Volume 97, ISSUE 5, P1157-1174, October 2017

Evidence-Based Care of Geriatric Trauma Patients

  • Steven E. Brooks
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, 3601 4th Street MS 8312, Lubbock, TX 79430.
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    Geriatric Trauma Unit, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, John A. Griswold Trauma Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street MS 8312, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA

    Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, John A. Griswold Trauma Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street MS 8312, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
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  • Allan B. Peetz
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    Emergency General Surgery, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Medical Arts Building Suite 404, 1211 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
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