{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["48(1)"],"submitter":["van Wessem KJP"],"funding":["University Medical Center Utrecht"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Purpose</h4>Age in severely injured patients has been increasing for decades. Older age is associated with increasing mortality. However, morbidity and mortality could possibly be reduced when accurate and aggressive treatment is provided. This study investigated age-related morbidity and mortality in polytrauma including age-related decisions in initial injury management and withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy (WLST).<h4>Methods</h4>A 6.5-year prospective cohort study included consecutive severely injured trauma patients admitted to a Level-1 Trauma Center ICU. Demographics, data on physiology, resuscitation, MODS/ARDS, and infectious complications were prospectively collected. Patients were divided into age subgroups (< 25, 25-49, 50-69, and ≥ 70 years) to make clinically relevant "],"journal":["European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society"],"pagination":["357-365"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7736672"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Geriatric polytrauma patients should not be excluded from aggressive injury treatment based on age alone."],"pmcid":["PMC7736672"],"pubmed_authors":["Leenen LPH","van Wessem KJP"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Geriatric polytrauma patients should not be excluded from aggressive injury treatment based on age alone.","description":"<h4>Purpose</h4>Age in severely injured patients has been increasing for decades. Older age is associated with increasing mortality. However, morbidity and mortality could possibly be reduced when accurate and aggressive treatment is provided. This study investigated age-related morbidity and mortality in polytrauma including age-related decisions in initial injury management and withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy (WLST).<h4>Methods</h4>A 6.5-year prospective cohort study included consecutive severely injured trauma patients admitted to a Level-1 Trauma Center ICU. Demographics, data on physiology, resuscitation, MODS/ARDS, and infectious complications were prospectively collected. Patients were divided into age subgroups (< 25, 25-49, 50-69, and ≥ 70 years) to make clinically relevant ","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Feb","modification":"2025-04-04T22:03:58.164Z","creation":"2024-11-10T01:42:36.025Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7736672","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33320284"],"doi":["10.1007/s00068-020-01567-y"]}}