Background The burden of frailty on older people is identifiable by its adverse effect on
mortality, morbidity and long term functional and health outcomes. In patients suffering from …

Abstract Introduction The incidence of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is increasingly common in
older adults aged≥ 65 years, forming a growing public health problem. However, older …

Objective: Older age is often identified as a risk factor for poor outcome from traumatic brain
injury (TBI). However, this relates predominantly to mortality following moderate–severe TBI …

The population of the United States is aging. By 2030, 1 in 5 Americans will be more than 65
years old 1 and by 2050 the US Census projects that the population aged 65 years and …

Objectives/Hypothesis To determine if dizziness is an independent risk factor for mortality
among adults in the United States. Study Design Crosssectional analysis using the …

BACKGROUND Older adult trauma patients are at increased risk of poor outcome, both
immediately after injury and beyond hospital discharge. Identifying patients early in the …

Background Numerous trauma scoring systems have been developed in an attempt to
accurately and efficiently predict the prognosis of emergent trauma cases. However, it has …

Here we conducted a retrospective analysis of hospital-based trauma registry database for
evaluating the impacts of comorbidities on the prognosis for traumatized patients using …

Importance Older adults are disproportionately affected by trauma and accounted for 47% of
trauma fatalities in 2016. In many populations and disease processes, described risk factors …

Traumatic spinal cord injury requires a multidisciplinary approach both for specialized
treatment of the acute phase and for dealing with the secondary complications. A suspicion …