Trauma in the older adult: epidemiology and evolving geriatric trauma principles

S Bonne, DJE Schuerer - Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2013 - geriatric.theclinics.com
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 …

Injury in the aged: geriatric trauma care at the crossroads

RA Kozar, S Arbabi, DM Stein… - Journal of trauma and …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
In response to the increased volume of injured geriatric patients presenting to trauma
centers, the American Association for Surgery of Trauma (AAST) established the Ad Hoc …

Guidelines for field triage of injured patients: recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2011

SM Sasser, RC Hunt, M Faul, D Sugerman… - Morbidity and Mortality …, 2012 - JSTOR
Summary In the United States, injury is the leading cause of death for persons aged 1–44
years. In 2008, approximately 30 million injuries were serious enough to require the injured …

Revisions to the Canadian emergency department triage and acuity scale (CTAS) guidelines 2016

MJ Bullard, E Musgrave, D Warren, B Unger… - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - cambridge.org
METHODS The revisions have been at iterative process based on feedback from our key
stakeholders, the CTAS Instructors and Providers, the general public, the CTAS NWG …

Disparate inclusion of older adults in clinical trials: priorities and opportunities for policy and practice change

AP Herrera, SA Snipes, DW King… - … journal of public …, 2010 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Older adults are vastly underrepresented in clinical trials in spite of shouldering a
disproportionate burden of disease and consumption of prescription drugs and therapies …

Mechanism, glasgow coma scale, age, and arterial pressure (MGAP): a new simple prehospital triage score to predict mortality in trauma patients

D Sartorius, Y Le Manach, JS David… - Critical care …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Prehospital triage of trauma patients is of paramount importance because
adequate trauma center referral improves survival. We developed a simple score that is …

Evaluation and management of geriatric trauma: an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline

JF Calland, AM Ingraham, N Martin… - Journal of Trauma …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Aging patients constitute an increasing proportion of patients treated at
trauma centers. Previous and existing guidelines addressing care of the injured elder have …

At risk of undertriage? Testing the performance and accuracy of the emergency severity index in older emergency department patients

FF Grossmann, T Zumbrunn, A Frauchiger… - Annals of emergency …, 2012 - Elsevier
STUDY OBJECTIVE: We test predictive validity, interrater reliability, and diagnostic accuracy
of the Emergency Severity Index in older emergency department (ED) patients and identify …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for field triage of injured patients: recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage

SM Sasser, RC Hunt, EE Sullivent, MM Wald, J Mitchko… - 2009 - cdc.gov
Summary In the United States, injury is the leading cause of death for persons aged 1--44
years, and the approximately 800,000 emergency medical services (EMS) providers have a …

Epidemiology of severe trauma

F Alberdi, I García, L Atutxa, M Zabarte - Medicina Intensiva (English …, 2014 - Elsevier
Major injury is the sixth leading cause of death worldwide. Among those under 35 years of
age, it is the leading cause of death and disability. Traffic accidents alone are the main …