Day 2, April 15 - Posters
Development of a best practice guideline for the geriatric patient with rib fractures
Start Date
15-4-2020 1:00 PM
End Date
15-4-2020 3:00 PM
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
In the geriatric population rib fractures have an increased mortality rate of up to 22%. The development of a best practice guideline will help to reduce complications and length of stay for this cohort of patients, leading to improved outcomes.
Date
April 2020
Document Type
posters
Language
English
Rights
http://rightsstatement.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
Basham-Saif, Angela, "Development of a best practice guideline for the geriatric patient with rib fractures". ReSEARCH Dialogues Conference proceedings. https://scholar.utc.edu/research-dialogues/2020/day2_posters/54.
Development of a best practice guideline for the geriatric patient with rib fractures
In the geriatric population rib fractures have an increased mortality rate of up to 22%. The development of a best practice guideline will help to reduce complications and length of stay for this cohort of patients, leading to improved outcomes.