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

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

Abstract Purpose The study aimed to examine the changing incidence of geriatric trauma and evaluate the predictive ability of different scoring tools for in-hospital mortality in geriatric trauma patients. Methods Annual reports released by the National Trauma Database (NTDB) in the USA from 2005 to...

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Main Authors: Libing Jiang, Zhongjun Zheng, Mao Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Subjects:
Elderly trauma
Geriatric trauma
Aging population
In-hospital mortality
Scoring tool
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13017-020-00340-1

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