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Octogenarians and motor vehicle collisions: postdischarge mortality is lower than expected.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
December 2013
From the Departments of Surgery (K.S., S.D.H., M.L.L., R.J.N., J.M.H.) and Preventive Medicine and Public Health (F.D.); The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita; the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (G.C.); and the Department of Trauma Services, Via Christi Hospital Saint Francis (J.G.W., R.J.N., J.M.H.), Wichita, Kansas.
Background: Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are the second leading cause of injury among octogenarians. Physicians and families lack outcomes-based data to assist in the decision-making process concerning injury treatment in this population. The purpose of this study was to evaluate 1-year postdischarge mortality in octogenarian MVC patients, cause of death, and patterns predictive of mortality.
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