Integration of Geriatrician Consultation for Trauma Admissions May Benefit Patient Outcomes

Objective: Geriatric admissions to trauma centers have increased, and in 2013, our center integrated geriatrician consultation with the management of admitted patients. Our goal is to describe our experience with increasing geriatric fall volume to help inform organized geriatric trauma programs. Me...

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Main Authors: Sumit Saha BS, Stephen M. DiRusso MD, PhD, Scott Welle DO, FACOS, FACS, Benjamin Lieberman DO, Joel Sender MD, Ridwan Shabsigh MD, FACS, Gerard A. Baltazar DO, FACOS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-06-01
Series:Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721419858735