- Abstract:
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Background: little is known about the effects of ageing on the early metabolic response to injury. This response is thought to have evolved as a defence mechanism and may be particularly important in old people, who often present late to hospital after accidental injury. Setting: the accident and emergency department of a teaching hospital. Subjects: 352 patients studied within 2 h of accidental injury, before the start of definitive treatment. Methods: a single blood sample was taken from ea...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Journal:
- AGE AND AGEING
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 321-326
- Publication date:
- 1998-05-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1468-2834
- ISSN:
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0002-0729
- URN:
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uuid:e5b9871a-0121-46a1-a2a1-ca2a2868e3e6
- Source identifiers:
-
13518
- Local pid:
- pubs:13518
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright date:
- 1998
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Effects of ageing on the initial metabolic response to accidental injury
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