| Autor: |
OJO, PETER, O'CONNOR, JUDY, KIM, DONALD, CIARDIELLO, KENNETH, BONADIES, JOHN |
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Connecticut Medicine; Mar2009, Vol. 73 Issue 3, p139-145, 7p, 1 Diagram, 4 Graphs |
| Abstrakt: |
Falls are the most common cause of trauma in the elderly. Data regarding patterns of injury following geriatric falls are scant. We conducted a retrospective review of falls in patients aged 65 years and older seen at a trauma center over a nine year period. Two thousand eighty three patients met the inclusion criteria. Hip fracture proved to be the dominant injury (55%), 98% of which were isolated. Five hundred seven (21%) were non-hip fractures. Two hundred thirty eight patients (10%) sustained traumatic intracranial hemorrhage. Chest injury was the next most common injury type (6.7%) with rib fractures comprising 86% of this subgroup. A pattern of association between intracranial hemorrhage and cervical spine fractures was identified. Intra-abdominal injuries are rare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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