Major trauma in older persons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, populations are ageing, creating challenges for trauma system design. Despite this, little is known about causes of injury and long-term outcomes in older injured patients. This study aims to describe temporal trends in the incidence, causes and functional outcomes of major trauma in older adults.

Methods

The population-based Victorian State Trauma Registry was used to identify patients with major trauma aged 65 years and older with a date of injury between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2016. Temporal trends in population-based incidence rates were evaluated. Functional outcome was measured using the Glasgow Outcome Scale - Extended.

Results

There were 9250 older adults with major trauma during the study period. Low falls were the most common mec

SUBMITTER: Beck B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6156159 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature