Older people in the emergency department: a literature review

J Šteinmiller, P Routasalo… - International journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Emergency departments (ED s) play a unique role in healthcare systems
throughout the world by providing acute interventions for older patients with …

Incidence of intracranial bleeding in seniors presenting to the emergency department after a fall: a systematic review

K de Wit, Z Merali, YK Kagoma, E Mercier - Injury, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Seniors who fall are an increasing proportion of the patients who are treated in
emergency departments (ED). Falling on level-ground is the most common cause of …

Preinjury warfarin, but not antiplatelet medications, increases mortality in elderly traumatic brain injury patients

R Grandhi, G Harrison, Z Voronovich… - Journal of trauma and …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Previous studies of traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes in elderly patients
on oral antithrombotic (OAT) therapies have yielded conflicting results. Our objective was to …

Mortality after ground-level fall in the elderly patient taking oral anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation/flutter: a long-term analysis of risk versus benefit

TS Inui, R Parina, DC Chang, TS Inui… - Journal of trauma and …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Elderly patients with atrial fibrillation or flutter who experience ground-level
falls are at risk for lethal head injuries. Patients on oral anticoagulation (OAC) for …

Derivation of the Falls Decision Rule to exclude intracranial bleeding without head CT in older adults who have fallen

K de Wit, M Mercuri, N Clayton, É Mercier, J Morris… - CMAJ, 2023 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Ground-level falls are common among older adults and are the most frequent
cause of traumatic intracranial bleeding. The aim of this study was to derive a clinical …

Evaluation of clinical characteristics and CT decision rules in elderly patients with minor head injury: a prospective multicenter cohort study

SM Coffeng, KA Foks, CL van den Brand… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Age is variably described as a minor or major risk factor for traumatic intracranial lesions
after head injury. However, at present, no specific CT decision rule is available for elderly …

Traumatic intracranial hemorrhage correlates with preinjury brain atrophy, but not with antithrombotic agent use: a retrospective study

CM Dunham, DA Hoffman, GS Huang, LA Omert… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background The impact of antithrombotic agents (warfarin, clopidogrel, ASA) on traumatic
brain injury outcomes is highly controversial. Although cerebral atrophy is speculated as a …

Deciphering glycomics and neuroproteomic alterations in experimental traumatic brain injury: Comparative analysis of aspirin and clopidogrel treatment

H Abou‐Abbass, H Bahmad… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
As populations age, the number of patients sustaining traumatic brain injury (TBI) and
concomitantly receiving preinjury antiplatelet therapy such as aspirin (ASA) and clopidogrel …

Impact of the Canadian CT head rule supplemented by the original published minimum inclusion criteria to assist emergency department clinicians' assessment of …

C Lee, J Beavers, J Pham, L Hackett, J Miller… - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background A large number of CT brain (CTB) scans are ordered in the ED for older patients
with a confirmed or possible head strike but no ongoing symptoms of a head injury. This …

The impact of pre-injury anticoagulation therapy in the older adult patient experiencing a traumatic brain injury: a systematic review

K Smith, S Weeks - JBI Evidence Synthesis, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background Trauma in the elderly remains one of the most challenging problems for
healthcare providers in the 21 st century. 1 The most recent United States (US) census …