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Is medical urgency of elderly patients with traumatic brain injury underestimated by emergency department triage?

Toralph RugeDepartment of Clinical Sciences Malmö, University Hospital of Skåne, Sweden; ;Department of Emergency Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
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Axel C. CarlssonDivision of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden; ;Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; View further author information
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Magnus HellstromDepartment of Surgical and Perioperative Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; View further author information
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Per WihlborgDepartment of Clinical Sciences Malmö, University Hospital of Skåne, Sweden; View further author information
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Johan UndénDepartment of Operation and Intensive Care, Halmstad Hospital, Halmstad, Sweden; ;Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Lund University, Lund, SwedenView further author information
Pages 58-63 | Received 26 Aug 2019, Accepted 15 Dec 2019, Published online: 28 Jan 2020

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