Making your geriatric and palliative programs a strength: TQIP guideline implementation and the VRC perspective

Background Older patients compose approximately 30% of trauma patients treated in the USA but make up nearly 50% of deaths from trauma. To help standardize and elevate care of these patients, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Trauma Quality Improvement Program’s best practice guidelines for ger...

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Main Authors: Vanessa P Ho, Kathleen M O'Connell, Christine S Cocanour, Elisabeth B Powelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
Online Access:https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000677.full