Alterstraumatologisches Zentrum – Anforderungskatalog

Abstract

For the care of the elderly, specific geriatric care facilities in hospitals and specialized rehabilitation centers have been established in the last 20 years throughout Germany. In addition, trauma surgery departments in hospitals and clinics also provide comprehensive care for trauma patients. The present requirements catalog was developed with the aim to ensure the standardization and quality assurance of these care facilities. Thus, the structural basics and, in particular, the structured cooperation between geriatrics and trauma surgery are described and defined in terms of structure, process, and outcome quality. The Bundesverband Geriatrie, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geriatrie, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie offer documentation for external and internal use and evaluation of the structures and processes for certification of geriatric trauma centers. Prerequisite for certification is to meet the technical requirements defined in the requirements catalogue or documents derived from it, and proof of a quality management system according to ISO 9001.

The incidence of geriatric trauma is increasing and comparison of different scoring tools for the prediction of in-hospital mortality in geriatric trauma patients

“…Geriatric trauma patients are more prone to poor prognosis due to complicated underlying diseases, various medication use, and limited physiological reserve [4][5][6][7][8]. A growing number of countries have pay attention to these populations, and some researchers even suggested it is necessary to build speci c geriatric trauma centers [9][10][11]. However, there is lack of convincing evidence that the incidence of geriatric trauma is increasing.…”

Change in Age Distribution of the Injuries and Comparison of Different Scoring Tools in Predicting Mortality Among Geriatric Trauma Patients

“…Studies have reported higher mortality rates in older trauma patients than in younger trauma patients [7][8][9][10]. Now more and more countries and regions gradually pay attention to the treatment of elderly trauma patients, and even some regions have established elderly trauma treatment centers [11][12][13]. However, the trend of age change of trauma patients and the gradual increase of the number of elderly trauma patients has not aroused global attention.…”

Change in age distribution of the injuries and comparison of different scoring tools in predicting mortality among geriatric trauma patients

“…Geriatric trauma patients are more prone to poor prognosis due to complicated underlying diseases, various medication use, and limited physiological reserve [4][5][6][7][8]. A growing number of countries pay attention to the treatment of geriatric trauma, and some researchers even proposes to build geriatric trauma centers [9][10][11]. However, the objective evidence of increase of geriatric trauma is limited.…”