Background Injury remains a public health challenge despite advances in trauma care.
Periodic survey of injury epidemiology is essential to the trauma system's continuous …

Background Owing to parallel advances in health care and an aging population, geriatric
injury has become an increasing burden to trauma systems, suggesting that specific clinical …

Background Population studies have confirmed an increase in the proportion of elderly
patients (≥ 65 years of age), and this could be expected to be reflected in trauma …

Background: Trauma centers nationwide have been experiencing an increase in their
elderly trauma patients because of an ever growing elderly population within the United …

Introduction As life expectancy improves globally, the burden of elderly trauma continues to
increase. Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to have the most rapid growth in its elderly …

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 …

BACKGROUND Older adult trauma is associated with high morbidity and mortality.
Individuals older than 65 years are expected to make up more than 21% of the total …

BACKGROUND We performed a population-based evaluation of age-related trends in
severe injury hospitalization across Canada. METHODS We identified hospitalizations …

Trauma clinicians worldwide are currently faced with growing numbers of elderly patients,
often with multiple co-morbidities, who are suffering serious injuries. This is an evolving …

Objective To characterize the common injuries incurred by elderly trauma victims and to
identify the most frequent complications and outcomes. Methods We undertook a …