Adults aged≥ 60 years now represent the majority of patients presenting with major trauma.
Falls are the most common cause of injury, accounting for nearly three-quarters of all …

Acute and chronic pain in trauma patients remains a challenging entity, particularly in the
setting of the escalating opioid epidemic. It has been reported that chronic opioid use …

Introduction Multiple rib fractures (≥ 3 displaced rib fractures and/or flail chest) are severe
chest trauma with high morbidity and mortality. Rib fixation has become the first choice for …

BACKGROUND Chest wall injury in older adults is a significant cause of morbidity and
mortality. Optimal nonsurgical management strategies for these patients have not been fully …

Background More than half of all emergency department patients seek help for acute pain,
which is usually of musculoskeletal origin. Acute pain is often inadequately treated even …

Background Geriatric trauma patients represent a special challenge in postoperative care
and are prone to specific complications. The goal of this study was to analyse the predictive …

Background Given the increasing numbers of older patients presenting with trauma, and the
potential influence of delirium on outcomes, we sought to investigate the proportion of such …

Study objective This study aimed to evaluate the effects of low versus high mean arterial
pressure (MAP) levels on the incidence of postoperative delirium during non-cardiothoracic …

Approximately 35% of all blunt trauma patients and two thirds of thoracic trauma patients
sustain one or more rib fractures. 1, 2 Common causes are motor vehicle accidents, physical …

BACKGROUND Single-center data demonstrates that regional analgesia (RA) techniques
are associated with reduced risk of delirium in older patients with multiple rib fractures. We …