Background Guidelines for patient blood management recommend restrictive transfusion
practice for most adult patients. These guidelines are supported by evidence from …

Geriatric trauma constitutes an increasingly recognized problem. Aging results in a
progressive decline in cellular function which leads to a loose of their capacity to respond to …

Purpose The study aimed to examine the changing incidence of geriatric trauma and
evaluate the predictive ability of different scoring tools for in-hospital mortality in geriatric …

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Frailty is a state of vulnerability to internal and external stressors that increases the risk of
adverse events, disability, and decline. 1–3 The past decade has seen an exponential …

Background The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for morbidity and mortality in
patients with rib fractures with focus on identifying a more exact age-dependent cut-off for …

The population of the United States is aging. By 2030, 1 in 5 Americans will be more than 65
years old 1 and by 2050 the US Census projects that the population aged 65 years and …

Study objective Although geriatric trauma patients are becoming more common, few large-
scale analyses have comprehensively evaluated geriatric-specific characteristics in trauma …

BACKGROUND Because of the unique physiology and comorbidities of injured geriatric
patients, specific interventions are needed to improve outcomes. The purpose of this study …

BACKGROUND Palliative care (PC) is associated with lower-intensity treatment and better
outcomes at the end of life. Trauma surgeons play a critical role in end-of-life (EOL) care; …