Frailty represents one of the most critical issues facing health care due to its inherent
relationship with poor health care outcomes. Frailty is present in 10% to 20% of individuals …

Geriatric trauma : Current Opinion in Critical Care Geriatric trauma : Current Opinion in Critical
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Background: A tool to determine the probability of mortality for severely injured geriatric
patients is needed. Objective: We sought to create an easily calculated geriatric trauma …

With longer life expectancy, the number of burn injuries in the elderly continues to increase.
Prediction of outcomes for the elderly is complicated by preinjury physical fitness and …

Background Frailty is associated with adverse outcomes including disability, mortality and
risk of falls. Trauma registries capture a broad range of injuries. However, frail patients who …

Acute trauma and multiple injuries in the elderly population : Current Opinion in
Anesthesiology Acute trauma and multiple injuries in the elderly population : Current …

Compared to younger patients, traumatic injury in older patients is associated with increased
mortality and a range of adverse outcomes such as higher rates of infectious episodes …

Recovery after critical illness can be protracted and challenging. Compromise of physical,
psychological, cognitive and social function is experienced by some patients and may …

Abstract Background Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders have been associated with poor
outcomes in surgical patients. There is limited literature on admitted trauma patients with …

Introduction Quality improvement initiatives have focused primarily on preventing in-hospital
complications. Patients developing complications are at a greater risk of mortality; however …