Quality of care delivered before vs after a quality-improvement intervention for acute geriatric trauma

L Min, H Cryer, CL Chan, C Roth, A Tillou - Journal of the American College …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Older trauma-injury patients had improved recovery after we implemented
routine geriatric consultation for patients aged 65 years and older admitted to the trauma …

Defining geriatric trauma: when does age make a difference?

NW Goodmanson, MR Rosengart, AE Barnato… - Surgery, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Injured elderly patients experience high rates of undertriage to trauma
centers (TCs) whereas debate continues regarding the age defining a geriatric trauma …