The novel coronavirus-induced infection (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization onMarch 11, 2020. Iran is one of the countries with a high incidence of COVID-19 infection.Data on three patients with fragility hip fracture and COVID-19 infection were collected from one hospital located inBadrud, Isfahan, Iran, from March 1, 2010, to March 30, 2020. A...

Blunt thoracic trauma can result in significant morbidity in injured patients. Both chest wall and the intrathoracic visceral injuries can lead to life-threatening complications if not anticipated and treated. Pain control, aggressive pulmonary toilet, and mechanical ventilation when necessary are the mainstays of supportive treatment. The elderly with blunt chest trauma are especially at risk ...

conclusions more than half of the patients were disabled after 3 months of trauma. elderly patients, patient with severe trauma, and long hospitalization and patients with extremity injuries were high risk for disability. results the mean disability scores at 1 and 3 months post-injury was 30.3 (9.2) and 18.8 (8.3), respectively and there was a statistical significant difference between disabil...

INTRODUCTION: Mechanical falls are a common cause of facial trauma in the elderly. It has been shown that the likelihood of sustaining a facial fracture due to a fall increases with age following infancy. While craniomaxillofacial fractures are most common during the first three decades of life, elderly patients more frequently require lengthy hospital stays and have shown increased surgical co...

INTRODUCTION: Mechanical falls are a common cause of facial trauma in the elderly. It has been shown that the likelihood of sustaining a facial fracture due to a fall increases with age following infancy. While craniomaxillofacial fractures are most common during the first three decades of life, elderly patients more frequently require lengthy hospital stays and have shown increased surgical co...

Cite this article: Vogt KN, Maruscak A, Swart M, Girotti M, Gray DK, et al. (2015) Outcomes of Elderly Trauma Patients Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit. J Trauma Care 1(1): 1003. *Corresponding author Neil Parry, Division of General Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, Room E2 217, Victoria Hospital, 800 Commissioners Road East London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5W9, Tel: 519-667-6583; Fax: 519-6...