Geriatric trauma, frailty, and ACS trauma center verification level: Are there any correlations with outcomes?

K El-Qawaqzeh, LJ Magnotti, H Hosseinpour, A Nelson… - Injury, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction: It remains unclear whether geriatrics benefit from care at higher-level trauma
centers (TCs). We aimed to assess the impact of the TC verification level on frail geriatric …

Recovering from physical trauma in late life, a struggle to recapture autonomy: A grounded theory study

H Järbrink, A Forsberg, HF Erhag… - Journal of Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The study aimed to explore the experiences of care and recovery among older patients
treated for physical trauma. Design A qualitative study with a constructivist grounded theory …

Care of Geriatric Trauma Patients

PD Magidson, A Derry-Ehrler - Current Geriatrics Reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The older adult population is increasing and with growth in this
demographic, there is a rise in the number of geriatric trauma patients requiring care. Older …

Trauma in the geriatric and the super-geriatric: should they be treated the same?

K El-Qawaqzeh, T Anand, Q Alizai, C Colosimo… - Journal of Surgical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction There is paucity of studies comparing the characteristics of trauma in geriatrics
and super-geriatrics. We aimed to explore the injury characteristics and outcomes of older …

Geriatric Population Triage: The Risk of Real-Life Over-and Under-Triage in an Overcrowded ED: 4-and 5-Level Triage Systems Compared: The CREONTE …

G Savioli, IF Ceresa, MA Bressan… - Journal of Personalized …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Elderly patients, when they present to the emergency department (ED) or are admitted to the
hospital, are at higher risk of adverse outcomes such as higher mortality and longer hospital …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics of undertriaged older patients in the emergency department: Retrospective study

K Jang, YH Seo - International Emergency Nursing, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Older patients are more likely to be undertriaged as they often suffer from
multiple diseases and complain of non-specific symptoms. Therefore, it is necessary to …

Clinical characteristics of under-triaged elderly patients in the emergency department: a Korea public hospital observational study

YH Seo, K Jang - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Background Elderly patients are more likely to be undertriaged because they often suffer
from multiple diseases and complain of non-specific symptoms. Therefore, it is necessary to …