RT Book, Section
A1 Fleischman, Ross J.
A1 Ma, O. John
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121516144
T1 Trauma in the Elderly
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121516144
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  elderly  have  worse  outcomes  following  trauma  because  of  physiologic  changes  that  occur  with  aging.  They  are  more  susceptible  to  serious  injury  from  low-energy  mechanisms,  less  able  to  compensate  from  the  stress  of  injury,  and  more  likely  to  suffer  complications  during  treatment  and  recovery.  Emergency  physicians  should  have  a  higher  suspicion  for  injury  and  lower  threshold  for  diagnostic  testing  and  admission  than  in  younger  patients.