In the Emergency Department, Are Serum Biomarkers useful to Screen Independent Frail Seniors Exposed to Future Functional Decline or Mobility Impairments after a Minor Injury?

Research Article - (2017) Volume 6, Issue 6

Mélissa Blouin¹^*, Marie-Josée Sirois^1,^2,³, Mylène Aubertin-Leheudre^4,⁵, Lauren E Griffith⁶, Linda Nadeau¹, Raoul Daoust⁷, Jacques Lee⁸ and Marcel Émond^1,^2,^9,¹⁰: ¹Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, santé des populations et pratiques optimales en santé, Québec, Canada; ²Center of Excellence on Aging, Québec, Canada; ³Faculty of Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University, Québec, Canada; ⁴Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada; ⁵Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; ⁶Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada; ⁷Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Québec, Canada; ⁸Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Ontario, Canada; ⁹Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada; ¹⁰Centre de recherche sur les soins et les services de première ligne de l’Université Laval, Québec, Canada

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