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Trauma risk adjustment in geriatric trauma

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  1. Servei de Medicina Intensiva, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Carretera Valldemossa, 79, 07120, Palma, Spain

    Juan Antonio Llompart-Pou & Jon Pérez-Bárcena

  2. UCI de Trauma y Emergencias, Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

    Jesús Abelardo Barea-Mendoza & Mario Chico-Fernández

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Llompart-Pou, J.A., Pérez-Bárcena, J., Barea-Mendoza, J.A. et al. Trauma risk adjustment in geriatric trauma. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 46, 1471–1472 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-020-01301-8

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