Geriatric trauma
A retrospective analysis of geriatric trauma patients: venous lactate is a better predictor of mortality than traditional vital signs
... triage, trauma team activation, and early resuscitation following trauma are largely based on studies performed in younger trauma patients ...The geriatric population appears to be a relevant ...
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Trauma Team Activation for Geriatric Trauma at a Level II Trauma Center: Are the Elderly Under-triaged?
... of trauma care as geriatric trauma patients can sustain life-threatening injuries from even minor ...a trauma team activation (TTA), despite sustaining injuries consistent with TTA, are ...
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Implementation of new standard operating procedures for geriatric trauma patients with multiple injuries: a single level I trauma centre study
... in geriatric trauma patients is consistent with the findings of Schoeneberg et ...jured trauma patients (ISS ≥ 16) who have been investi- gated in many previous studies, we included moderately ...
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Geriatric trauma hip fractures: is there a difference in outcomes based on fracture patterns?
... in geriatric trauma pa- tients showed no association between fracture patterns and outcomes including hospital length of stay, ICU length of stay, and discharge ...and trauma centers are seeing more ...
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Nutritional intervention in cognitively impaired geriatric trauma patients: a feasibility study
... Fractional albumin synthesis increases again during the early postoperative period proportionally to the degree of inflam- mation; additionally, production can be further stimulated by perioperative nutrition and ...
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Original Article Comparison of the prognostic effects of APACHE II score and the TRISS for geriatric trauma patients in the intensive care unit
... the Trauma-Injury Severity Score (TRISS) for Geriatric Trauma Patients in intensive care unit ...of trauma patients aged ≥ 65 years, admitted to ICU of Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou ...
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<p>Handling of informed consent and patient inclusion in research with geriatric trauma patients – a matter of protection or disrespect?</p>
... Scientific and medical progress for geriatric patients is currently stagnating, with only little research conducted in this specific population. Literal adherence to guidelines and regulations leads to cumbersome ...
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Epidemiology of Geriatric Trauma in an Urban Kazakhstani Setting
... all trauma patients increases in most countries (31), but our findings on the increase of the incidence of injuries among elderly in the city of Semey should increase awareness of regional and national public ...
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<p>Success Of An Expedited Emergency Department Triage Evaluation System For Geriatric Trauma Patients Not Meeting Trauma Activation Criteria</p>
... cantly. Geriatric patients underwent Pan-CT imaging, de fi ned as CT ima- ging of the brain, cervical spine, chest, abdomen and pelvis, much more frequently in the Post-T3 ...
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Blood transfusion and coagulopathy in geriatric trauma patients
... This study has a number of limitations. First, there is no clear definition for “ elderly ” . We chose 55 as a cut-off based on the understanding that physiologic changes occur around this age that impair many patient ’ ...
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Wound care in the geriatric client
... The demographic reality in the United States and other developed countries is that the population is aging and the medical community must provide care for an ever- increasing number of elderly individuals. As with other ...
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Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach
... OF TRAUMA: EVENT(S), EXPERIENCE OF EVENT(S), AND EFFECT Events and circumstances may include the actual or extreme threat of physical or psychological harm ...of trauma is represented in the fifth version ...
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Diagnostic accuracy of the Geriatric Depression Scale-30, Geriatric Depression Scale-15, Geriatric Depression Scale-5 and Geriatric Depression Scale-4 for detecting major depression : protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis
... 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-30) and the GDS-15, GDS-5 and GDS-4, which are 15-item, 5-item and 4-item subsets of the GDS-30, are commonly recommended as depression screening tools for elderly ...
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Cost-effectiveness of comprehensive geriatric assessment at an ambulatory geriatric unit based on the AGe-FIT trial
... The patient population evaluated comprised elderly people with multi-morbidity and high healthcare consumption according to the AGe-FIT trial [8, 9]. The evaluated treatment strategies were CGA at an ambula- tory ...
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Functional Assessments for Geriatric Clients
... • Clinicians agreed that Clinicians agreed that reaching forward with an reaching forward with an outstretched arm was outstretched arm was most important while side most importan[r] ...
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Root caries: A geriatric challenge
... In clinical practice, primary preventive measures to prevent root caries are significant, since restorative treat- ment of such lesions is extremely challenging and may lead to tooth l[r] ...
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Anaesthesia for the geriatric dog and cat
... the geriatric patient, low doses of mild sedative drugs should be used to provide a stress-free pre-operative period, rather than cause profound sedation (Dodman et ...
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PHARMACOVIGILANCE STUDY IN GERIATRIC POPULATION
... in geriatric, found that most common drug classes involved in the prescribing was calcium channel blockers 37% followed by angiotensin II receptor antagonists 21% ...
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Tumour boards in geriatric oncology
... 13. Magnuson A, Lemelman T, Pandya C, et al. Geriatric assessment with management intervention in older adults with cancer: a randomized pilot study. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the ...
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Geriatric head injuries: impact and outcomes
... Background: Elderly trauma patients present unique challenges and face more significant obstacles in recovery than their younger counterparts. They usually experience higher morbidity and mortality and slower ...
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