Geriatric trauma

Whats New in Emergencies Trauma and Shock? Age and Trauma: Geriatric Trauma Patients and Geriatric Trauma Ward Services

Geriatric trauma: Initial evaluation and management

Background: Fractures of the proximal femur constitute a major public health problem, with an annual incidence in Spain of 7.6 cases per 1000 inhabitants over 65 years of age. Hip fractures are frequent in elderly patients, related to osteoporosis and with low energy trauma, which means that they can be considered a geriatric syndrome. Simultaneous ipsilateral extraand intra-articular hip fract...

Geriatric trauma: demographics, injuries, and mortality.

OBJECTIVES To identify injuries that elderly sustain during high-energy trauma and determine which are associated with mortality. DESIGN Retrospective review of prospectively collected database. SETTING Academic trauma center. PATIENTS Patients selected from database of all trauma admissions from January 2004 through June 2009. Study population consisted of patients directly admitted from...

Severe trauma in the geriatric population

Geriatric trauma constitutes an increasingly recognized problem. Aging results in a progressive decline in cellular function which leads to a loose of their capacity to respond to injury. Some medications commonly used in this population can mask or blunt the response to injury. Falls constitute the most common cause of trauma and the leading cause of trauma-related deaths in this population. F...

Early Predictors of Mortality in Geriatric Patients With Trauma.

OBJECTIVE To identify variables that predict mortality in geriatric patients with trauma. DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING Level I trauma center. PATIENTS/PARTICIPANTS A total of 147 geriatric patients with trauma (age ≥65) with a predicted probability of survival of 10%-75% based on the Trauma Score-Injury Severity Score (TRISS). MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS Patients were divided into...