+ Attempted suicide and the elderly trauma patient: Risk factors and outcomes
- Author:
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Crandall, M. / Luchette, F. / Esposito, T. J. / West, M. / Shapiro, M. / Bulger, E.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care
- Topics:
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Age Group, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Attempt, Elderly, Trauma
The authors used a multi-state database of hospitalizations for traumatic injury in the U.S. to compare the characteristics of younger patients to older ones hospitalized for suicide attempts. When compared...
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+ Injury in America: The role of alcohol and other drugs - An EAST position paper prepared by the injury control and violence prevention committee
- Author:
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Soderstrom, C. A. / Cole, F. J. / Porter, J. M.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care
- Topics:
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education/counselling, Mental Health, Prevention, states, Students
- Keywords:
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OHIO, RURAL youth, Schools, gun violence, rural
As reported by the authors -- a committee of trauma surgeons -- alcohol and substance abuse are an important cause of both fatal and non-fatal injury, including firearm injuries. Both alcohol and substance...
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+ Outcomes related to the number and anatomic placement of gunshot wounds
- Author:
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Carr BG / Schwab CW / Branas CC / Killen M / Wiebe DJ
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care
- Topics:
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State, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Bodily Extremities, Body Region, Emergency Department, Gun Shot Wounds
The authors reviewed medical charts in a hospital’s emergency department of patients with gun shot wounds, over a four-month period. Among 111 patients gun shot wounds, per patient, ranged from 1 to 12...
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