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 …

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 …

Elderly patients are the fastest growing trauma demographic and present some of the most
complicated clinical challenges. This feasibility study employed observational data from a …

Purpose Age is a risk factor for death, adverse outcomes, and health care use following
trauma. The American College of Surgeons' Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) …

Background traumatic injuries are increasingly affecting older patients who are prone to
more complications and poorer recovery compared to younger patients. Practices of trauma …

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

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 The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2016
trauma system report recommended a National Trauma Research Action Plan to strengthen …

Background and objective There is increasing recognition of the importance of prehospital
trauma care for older patients, but little systematic research to guide practice. We aimed to …

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 …