منابع مشابه
Trauma-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Elderly Patients
Objectives: The purpose of this multi-center study was to investigate the probable predictive factors of mortality and morbidity in elderlypopulation. Methods & Materials: The descriptive prospective study was conducted based on the data gathered from trauma cases older than 65 years admitted to Sina, Shohada and Fayaz-Bakhsh trauma centers during years 1997-98. A pre-prepared questionnaire ...
متن کاملUndertriage of elderly trauma patients to state-designated trauma centers.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether age bias is a factor in triage errors. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of 10 years (1995-2004) of prospectively collected data in the statewide Maryland Ambulance Information System followed by surveys of emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma center personnel at regional EMS conferences and level I trauma centers, respectively. PATIENTS Trauma patients wer...
متن کاملLong-term survival of elderly trauma patients.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the long-term survival and factors that influence survival among a cohort of elderly trauma patients compared with an uninjured cohort. DESIGN A retrospective cohort analysis. DATA SOURCES Health Care Finance Administration, Baltimore, Md, Medicare data. SUBJECTS A cohort of elderly patients (n = 9424) hospitalized for injury in 1987 was identified using Medicare hos...
متن کاملTrauma in the Elderly
Geriatric patients comprise a rapidly expanding age segment of the population of developed countries. It is the fastest growing population segment in the United States. Individuals older than 65 years of age currently represent 13% of the US population, but the US Census Bureau projects that by 2050, they will represent more than 21%. Accidental injurywas the fifthmost frequent cause ofmortalit...
متن کاملtrauma-related morbidity and mortality in elderly patients
objectives: the purpose of this multi-center study was to investigate the probable predictive factors of mortality and morbidity in elderlypopulation. methods & materials: the descriptive prospective study was conducted based on the data gathered from trauma cases older than 65 years admitted to sina, shohada and fayaz-bakhsh trauma centers during years 1997-98. a pre-prepared questionnaire inc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Surgery
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0004-0010
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.136.2.197