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BACKGROUND Aging patients constitute an increasing proportion of patients treated at
trauma centers. Previous and existing guidelines addressing care of the injured elder have …

Many elderly trauma patients have isolated orthopedic injuries compounded by chronic
medical conditions. We organized a trauma unit, led by trauma surgeons, that is designed to …

Geriatric trauma is a rapidly evolving area of interest in emergency medicine (EM). As the
population ages, emergency physicians (EPs) can expect to see a surge in geriatric patients …

Background: When counseling surrogates of massively injured elderly trauma patients, the
prognostic information they desire is rarely evidence based. Objective: We sought to …

Importance With the dramatic growth in the very old population and their concomitant
heightened exposure to traumatic injury, the trauma burden among this patient population is …

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(Figure 6) I believe that EAST has become a very credible academic organization in its
relatively short lifespan. It is a dynamic organization, and a working organization. This is …

BACKGROUND The burden of injury among older patients continues to grow and accounts
for a disproportionate number of trauma deaths. We wished to determine if older trauma …

The population of western countries is rapidly aging proportionally and in real terms. In the
United States, for example, those aged over 65 years currently represent 12.5% of the total …