The United States is experiencing an exponential increase in its older adults unlike any that
has ever occurred. With the aging of the baby boomer generation, the geriatric, commonly …

There is little debate that the world's population continues to age, 1, 2 and as such there are
increasing numbers of older patients presenting with traumatic injuries than in the past. The …

Advanced age is a well-recognized risk factor for adverse outcomes after trauma. A
substantial body of literature, much of it cited within this article, demonstrates increased …

The elderly population in the United States is predicted to more than double to 80 million by
2050. 1 As the population ages, the elderly are increasingly seeking and requiring medical …

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

BACKGROUND Despite an aging population and increasing number of geriatric trauma
patients annually, gaps in our understanding of best practices for geriatric trauma patients …

As the US population ages and more adults live into their eighties and nineties, health care
providers and hospitals are increasingly challenged to address a broad range of issues from …

BACKGROUND Treating older trauma patients requires a focus on the confluence of age-
related physiological changes and the impact of the injury itself. Therefore, the primary way …

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 …

The elderly (age 70+) patient with orthopedic trauma is a rapidly growing subset of patients
in the United States. Due to increased medical comorbidities and decreased physiological …