Background: With an increasing life expectancy and more active elderly population,
management of geriatric trauma patients continues to evolve. The aim was to describe the …

The aging of America is progressing, and it is estimated that by the year 2030, 25% of
Americans will be over the age of 65 years. Compare this with statistics from 1900, when the …

Elderly trauma patients present unique challenges and face more significant obstacles to
recovery than younger patients. Despite overall higher mortality, longer length of stay …

Geriatric adult emergency department (ED) visits increased by 34% between 1993 and
2003, a trend that will double annual volumes among those aged 65 to 74 years from 6.4 …

Musculoskeletal injuries in the elderly are a major challenge, and this rapidly growing
segment of the population sustains a disproportionate number of fractures. As in other …

In a seminal 1966 report, the National Research Council (NRC) declared1 (p5) that
unintentional injury is the “neglected epidemic of modern society [and] the nation's most …

• Elderly individuals are living longer, healthier, and more active lives, and, in the process,
they are continually exposed to the risk of injury. Trauma is now the fifth most common cause …

The multifaceted, changing epidemiology of geriatric patients has important social, medical,
and ethical ramifications that will continue to evolve over the next few decades. Similarly …

Evidence-based strategies for managing trauma and its complications in this population.
overview: Trauma is the seventh leading cause of death in older adults. Factors that …

The geriatric trauma patient poses unique challenges to the trauma surgeon due to occult
injuries and occult hypoperfusion. We hypothesized that those elderly patients with …