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Comparison of the epidemiology of elderly trauma between major trauma centres in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Melbourne, Australia

Zisis Touloumis, Sharfuddin M. Chowdhury, Mark C. Fitzgerald, Mansour I. Aljabri, Margot E. Lodge, Jane E. Ford, Joseph K. Mathew and Christopher J. Groombridge
Saudi Medical Journal October 2024, 45 (10) 1080-1086; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.10.20240307
Zisis Touloumis
From the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Sharfuddin M. Chowdhury
From the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Mark C. Fitzgerald
From the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Mansour I. Aljabri
From the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Margot E. Lodge
From the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Jane E. Ford
From the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Joseph K. Mathew
From the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Christopher J. Groombridge
From the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Saudi Medical Journal Oct 2024, 45 (10) 1080-1086; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.10.20240307

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Saudi Medical Journal Oct 2024, 45 (10) 1080-1086; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.10.20240307
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