METHODS Adults aged 18 to 100 years with blunt or penetrating injury were selected from
95 hospitals' trauma registries. Change point analysis techniques were used to detect …

Background There has been an increasing emphasis on identifying elderly trauma patients.
However, definitions based solely on age vary widely, ranging from age 55 to 80 years …

PURPOSE: Western trauma centers are increasingly confronted with elderly trauma patients
in parallel to an increase of the elderly population. The purpose of this study was to identify …

Background: With an increasing life expectancy and more active elderly population,
management of geriatric trauma patients continues to evolve. The aim was to describe the …

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 …

BACKGROUND Older adult trauma is associated with high morbidity and mortality.
Individuals older than 65 years are expected to make up more than 21% of the total …

Background/Objectives Older adults are at risk for adverse outcomes after trauma, but little is
known about post-acute survival as state and national trauma registries collect only inpatient …

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 Elderly patients suffer higher mortality rates after trauma than younger patients.
This increased mortality is attributable to age, preexisting disease, and complications as well …

Introduction There is paucity of studies comparing the characteristics of trauma in geriatrics
and super-geriatrics. We aimed to explore the injury characteristics and outcomes of older …