@article{ref1,
title="Patterns of injury in geriatric falls",
journal="Connecticut medicine",
year="2009",
author="Ojo, Peter and O'Connor, J. and Kim, Daeho and Ciardiello, Kenneth and Bonadies, John",
volume="73",
number="3",
pages="139-145",
abstract="Falls are the most common cause of trauma in the elderly. Data regarding patterns of injury following geriatric falls are scant. We conducted a retrospective review of falls in patients aged 65 years and older seen at a trauma center over a nine year period. Two thousand eighty three patients met the inclusion criteria. Hip fracture proved to be the dominant injury (55%), 98% of which were isolated. Five hundred seven (21%) were non-hip fractures. Two hundred thirty eight patients (10%) sustained traumatic intracranial hemorrhage. Chest injury was the next most common injury type (6.7%) with rib fractures comprising 86% of this subgroup. A pattern of association between intracranial hemorrhage and cervical spine fractures was identified. Intra-abdominal injuries are rare.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-6178",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}