BACKGROUND Elderly trauma care is challenging owing to the unique physiology and
comorbidities prevalent in this population. To improve the care of these patients, two practice …

Introduction Improvements in life expectancy imply that an increase of geriatric trauma
patients occurs. These patients require special attention due to their multiple comorbidity …

Study design for a quality improvement project. Objective was to implement a geriatric
trauma protocol (GTP) based on American College of Surgeons recommendations to …

BACKGROUND A prognostic tool for geriatric mortality after injury called the Geriatric
Trauma Outcome Score (GTOS), where GTOS=[age]+[ISS× 2.5]+[22 if transfused any …

BACKGROUND This study aimed to (1) identify inpatient complications associated with the
greatest differential mortality risk between young and old patients with traumatic injury and …

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: 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 objective is to examine the long-term survival status of geriatric trauma
patients (GTPs) after major trauma. METHODS: A 10-year retrospective review at a Level I …

Background Trauma patients older than 80 years of age have higher mortality rates
compared to younger peers. No studies have investigated the effectiveness of geriatrics …

BACKGROUND Injured geriatric patients pose unique challenges to the trauma team
because of their abnormal responses to shock and injury. We have developed the high-risk …