Geriatric trauma: injury patterns and outcome.

摘要: Over a 2-year period, 100 consecutive patients more than 70 years of age with multiple injuries were evaluated at metropolitan trauma center for injury patterns and factors that affected survival. The analysis incorporated mechanism injury, body region affected, Injury Severity Score, shock, change from level prehospital function, mortality. mortality the group was 15%. It found Score not predictive survival in elderly injured. However, central nervous system (p less 0.01) hypovolemic shock 0.001) While 85% injured survived, 88% these did return to their previous independence.