BACKGROUND The rate of mortality and factors predicting worst outcomes in the geriatric
population presenting with trauma are not well established. This study aimed to examine …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant problem in older adults. In persons aged 65 and
older, TBI is responsible for more than 80,000 emergency department visits each year; three …

Objective: To determine the impact of the increasing aging population on trauma mortality
relative to mortality from cancer and heart disease in the United States. Background: The …

Introduction As the population ages, the number of injured elderly is increasing. We sought
to determine if low skeletal muscle mass adversely affected outcome in elderly patients …

Background: Severe traumatic brain injury often leads to death from withdrawal of life-
sustaining therapy, although prognosis is difficult to determine. Methods: To evaluate …

There is little debate that the world's population continues to age, 1, 2 and as such there are
increasing numbers of older patients presenting with traumatic injuries than in the past. The …

In response to the increased volume of injured geriatric patients presenting to trauma
centers, the American Association for Surgery of Trauma (AAST) established the Ad Hoc …

Background: Falls from height are considered to be high risk for multisystem injury. Ground-
level falls (GLF) are often deemed a low-energy mechanism of injury (MOI) and not a …

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

BACKGROUND Systolic blood pressure (SBP), heart rate (HR), and respiratory rate are poor
predictors of trauma outcome. We postulate that HR/SBP (shock index [SI]) and novel new …