Background With an aging population, the number of elderly individuals exposed to
traumatic injuries is increasing. The elderly age criterion for traumatic injuries has been …

OBJECTIVES: The chosen age cutoff for considering patients with trauma to be “elderly” has
ranged from 55 to 80 years in trauma guidelines and studies. The goal of this study was to …

Background Demographic change is expected to result in an increase in cases of severely
injured elderly patients. To determine special considerations in treatment and outcome …

Introduction Multiple studies have demonstrated a linear association between advancing
age and mortality after injury. An inflection point, or an age at which outcomes begin to differ …

INTRODUCTION: Mortality of trauma patients is strongly associated with Injury Severity
Score (ISS). However, the interaction between ISS and age has not been studied …

Background As the population ages, the elderly will constitute a prominent proportion of
trauma patients. The elderly suffer more severe outcomes from injuries compared with the …

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 …

Background. Globally, the fastestgrowing population is that of older adults. Geriatric trauma
patients pose a unique challenge to trauma teams because the aging process reduces their …

Increased life expectancy exposes a great number of elderly people to serious accidents,
thus increasing the amount of major geriatric trauma cases. The aim of our study was to …

BACKGROUND The rate of mortality and factors predicting worst outcomes in the geriatric
population presenting with trauma are not well established. This study aimed to examine …