@article{ref1,
title="Severe injuries from low-height falls in the elderly population",
journal="Journal of Korean medical science",
year="2018",
author="Lee, Hyeji and Kim, Sun Hyu and Lee, Sang Cheal and Kim, Sunpyo and Cho, Gyu Chong and Kim, Min Joung and Lee, Ji Sook and Han, Chul",
volume="33",
number="36",
pages="e221-e221",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Falls from low-height can cause severe injuries in the elderly population. This study was conducted to determine characteristics of injuries from low-height falls. <br><br>METHODS: We retrospectively review surveillance data on injured patients who presented to six emergency departments from January 2011 to December 2015. Study subjects were divided into severe group and non-severe group based on severity of injury. The general and clinical characteristics were compared between the two groups and analyzed factors related with severe injuries. <br><br>RESULTS: Of 1,190 elderly patients, severe group comprised 82 patients (7%). The severe group was 2 years younger than the non-severe group. In the severe group, 61% was men and 34% in the non-severe group. In the non-severe, the injuries more commonly occurred at residential facilities and indoors than those in the severe group. Paid work during injury occurrence was 15%, and the more patients presented with non-alert consciousness in the severe group. The most common regions of major injury were head and neck in the severe group. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Paid work, non-alert consciousness, and major injury to head and neck are relating factors to severe injuries in the elderly population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1011-8934",
doi="10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e221",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e221"
}