A position paper: The convergence of aging and injury and the need for a Geriatric Trauma Coalition (GeriTraC)

Zara Cooper¹, Cathy A Maxwell, Samir M Fakhry, Bellal Joseph, Nancy Lundebjberg, Peter Burke, Robert Baracco

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¹ From the Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health (Z.K.), Vanderbilt University (C.A.M.), Society of Trauma Nurses (C.A.M.), Medical University of South Carolina (S.M.F.), American Trauma Society (S.M.K.), University of Arizona Medical Center (B.J.), American Geriatrics Society (N.L.), Boston University Medical Center (P.B.), American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (P.B.), Lehigh Valley Health Network (R.B.), and American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (Z.C., B.J., R.B.).

PMID: 27893640
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001317

A position paper: The convergence of aging and injury and the need for a Geriatric Trauma Coalition (GeriTraC)

Zara Cooper et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;82(2):419-422.

doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001317.

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Zara Cooper¹, Cathy A Maxwell, Samir M Fakhry, Bellal Joseph, Nancy Lundebjberg, Peter Burke, Robert Baracco

Affiliation

¹ From the Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health (Z.K.), Vanderbilt University (C.A.M.), Society of Trauma Nurses (C.A.M.), Medical University of South Carolina (S.M.F.), American Trauma Society (S.M.K.), University of Arizona Medical Center (B.J.), American Geriatrics Society (N.L.), Boston University Medical Center (P.B.), American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (P.B.), Lehigh Valley Health Network (R.B.), and American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (Z.C., B.J., R.B.).

PMID: 27893640
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001317

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