Introduction Elderly undertriage rates are estimated up to 55% in the United States. This
study examined risk factors for undertriage among hospitalized trauma patients in a state …

Objectives:(1) To demonstrate that a validated trauma triage score for middle-aged and
geriatric patients could identify those at high risk of mortality within the first 2 days of …

Background Pre-hospital identification of major trauma in elderly patients is key for delivery
of optimal care, however triage of this group is challenging. Elderly-specific triage criteria …

BACKGROUND Aging patients constitute an increasing proportion of patients treated at
trauma centers. Previous and existing guidelines addressing care of the injured elder have …

Objectives: To investigate the efficacy of a novel geriatric trauma risk assessment tool [Score
for Trauma Triage in the Geriatric and Middle-Aged (STTGMA)] designed to predict inpatient …

Background Older trauma patients have a higher mortality yet are more likely to be under-
triaged compared to younger patients. Studies have suggested that current trauma team …

Introduction This study aims to assess the sensitivity and specificity of a 5-step prehospital
trauma triage protocol to identify older adults who require urgent and specialized trauma …

Population estimates projects a significant increase in the geriatric population making
elderly trauma patients more common. The geriatric trauma patients experience higher …

OBJECTIVE: Post–emergency department triage of older trauma patients continues to be
challenging, as morbidity and mortality for any given level of injury severity tend to increase …

BACKGROUND Elderly trauma care is challenging owing to the unique physiology and
comorbidities prevalent in this population. To improve the care of these patients, two practice …