Effects of co-morbid disease and drug consumption on trauma patients 65 years of age and older: A university emergency department experience [Altmiş beş yaş ve üstü travmali hastalarda yandaş hastalik ve ilaç kullaniminin travma üzerine etkileri: Üniversite acil servis deneyimi]
| Autor: | Aktaş C., Eren Ş.H., Eryilmaz M. |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Aktaş, C., Yeditepe Üniversitesi, Tip Fakültesi Hastanesi, Acil Tip Anabilim Dali, Istanbul, Turkey, Yeditepe Üniversitesi, Tip Fakültesi Hastanesi, Acil Tip Anabilim Dali, 34752 Kozyata, Istanbul, Turkey -- Eren, Ş.H., Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Tip Fakültesi, Acil Tip Anabilim Dali, Sivas, Turkey -- Eryilmaz, M., Gülhane Askeri Tip Akademisi, Acil Tip Anabilim Dali, Ankara, Turkey |
| Jazyk: | turečtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Popis: | Turkish Association of Trauma and Emergency Surgery BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to evaluate the causes and demographics of trauma patients 65 years of age and older, and also the effects of co-morbidities and drug use on trauma. METHODS: This study was performed in Medicine Faculty of Yeditepe University Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine Outpatients Clinic between January 2005 - February 2006. Ninety-one trauma patients (48 males [52.7%], 43 females [47.3%]; mean age 73±5.42; range 65 to 92 years) 65 years of age and older were included into the study. Age, gender, trauma causes, injury types, co-morbidities, drug consumption and injury severity scores were recorded onto the study form. RESULTS: Fifty-seven (62.6%) patients were admitted to the emergency department because of low-energy fall, 13 patients (14.3%) for high-energy falls, 6 patients (6.6%) for low-energy motor vehicle crush, and 14 patients (15.4%) for high-energy motor vehicle crush. Hypertension was significantly more frequent in falls than the other trauma mechanisms (p=0.003). There was a higher rate of femur fracture in low-energy falls than the others (p=0.026). However, the rate of vertebral fracture was higher in high-energy falls (p=0.037). Soft tissue injuries were seen most often in low-energy motor vehicle crush injuries (p=0.01) while rib fractures were seen most frequently in high-energy motor vehicle crush injury (p Aktaş, C.; Yeditepe Üniversitesi, Tip Fakültesi Hastanesi, Acil Tip Anabilim Dali, 34752 Kozyata, Istanbul, Turkey; email: canaktas@gmail.com |
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