Effect on outcome of early intensive management of geriatric trauma patients.

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Published in Br J Surg on October 01, 2002

Authors

D Demetriades1, M Karaiskakis, G Velmahos, K Alo, E Newton, J Murray, J Asensio, H Belzberg, T Berne, W Shoemaker

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA. demetria@usc.edu

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