2016
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v16i2.24
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Geriatric fall-related injuries

Abstract: Background: Falls are the leading cause of geriatric injury. Objectives: We aimed to study the anatomical distribution, severity, and outcome of geriatric fall-related injuries in order to give recommendations regarding their prevention. Methods: All injured patients with an age ≥ 60 years who were admitted to Al-Ain Hospital or died in the Emergency Department due to falls were prospectively studied over a four year period. Results: We studied 92 patients. Fifty six of them (60.9%) were females. The mean (sta… Show more

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“…Hip injuries due to minor falls in older adults are the most common injuries. 42) In particular, femur intertrochanteric fractures have the highest mortality rate among all femoral fractures 43) and have emerged as an important study in the area of trauma for in older adults. However, few studies have subdivided older adults with minor fall injury according to age.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hip injuries due to minor falls in older adults are the most common injuries. 42) In particular, femur intertrochanteric fractures have the highest mortality rate among all femoral fractures 43) and have emerged as an important study in the area of trauma for in older adults. However, few studies have subdivided older adults with minor fall injury according to age.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Yaşlı kişiler sosyal hayatta çok yer almamaları nedeniyle gençlere göre travma ve kazalara daha az maruz kalmaktadırlar. Ancak travmaya maruz kaldıklarında, gençlere oranla mortalite ve morbiditeleri daha yüksek olmaktadır (13)(14)(15)(16). Genel olarak yaşlıların travmalar ile baş etme ve travmadan etkilenimleri genç yaş grupları ile farklılık göstermektedir.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…Além disso, é expressiva a publicação de investigações [7][8][9][10]12,[14][15][16][17][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][31][32][33][35][36][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50] que apontam para uma relação entre morbidade e mortalidade por queda e idade avançada, reforçando a importância de se pesquisar este mecanismo de trauma na população de idosos.…”
Section: Variáveis Independentesunclassified
“…Em relação às faixas etárias dos idosos, caracterizadas nesse estudo em três grupos (idoso jovem, idoso e muito idoso) a partir da recomendação do IPEA 39 , foi identificada na literatura grande diversidade na definição dessa variável: acima de 50 anos 17,48 , de 55 anos 49 , de 60 anos 29,36,46 , de 65 anos 23,27,[31][32]50 e um estudo abordou apenas idosos com idade superior a 80 anos 35 . Ressalta-se que essas pesquisas 17,23,27,29,[31][32][35][36]46,[48][49][50] 16 . Outros estudos também consideraram idosos com idade superior a 65 anos mas, entretanto, distribuíram os pacientes em faixas etárias por décadas 33,44,47 .…”
Section: Variáveis Independentesunclassified
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