TY - JOUR
T1 - High-energy skeletal trauma in the elderly
AU - Switzer, Julie A.
AU - Gammon, Steven R.
PY - 2012/12/5
Y1 - 2012/12/5
N2 - ▶ Despite the increasing prevalence of high-energy skeletal trauma in the elderly (i.e., sixty years or older), there is a lack of prospective data regarding best care for these injuries. ▶ Elderly patients with multiple injuries are often undertriaged to trauma centers and underresuscitated. ▶ Aggressive early resuscitation can improve outcomes in elderly patients who have sustained skeletal trauma. ▶ Comanagement by orthopaedic surgeons and geriatricians of elderly patients with skeletal trauma can lead to a lower length of hospital stay, lower readmission rates, shorter time to operation, lower complication rates, and lower mortality.
AB - ▶ Despite the increasing prevalence of high-energy skeletal trauma in the elderly (i.e., sixty years or older), there is a lack of prospective data regarding best care for these injuries. ▶ Elderly patients with multiple injuries are often undertriaged to trauma centers and underresuscitated. ▶ Aggressive early resuscitation can improve outcomes in elderly patients who have sustained skeletal trauma. ▶ Comanagement by orthopaedic surgeons and geriatricians of elderly patients with skeletal trauma can lead to a lower length of hospital stay, lower readmission rates, shorter time to operation, lower complication rates, and lower mortality.
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U2 - 10.2106/JBJS.K.01166
DO - 10.2106/JBJS.K.01166
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23224390
AN - SCOPUS:84871530462
SN - 0021-9355
VL - 94
SP - 2195
EP - 2204
JO - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume
JF - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume
IS - 23
ER -