TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Geriatric epidemiology of trauma in a hospital in Southern Colombia
JO  - Journal of acute disease
A1  - Vasquez, Yolercy
A1  - Daniel Charry, Jose
A1  - Daniel Ochoa, Juan
A1  - Maria Gomez, Ana
A1  - Herrera, Karen
A1  - Harvey Tejada, Jorman
A1  - Domingo Alarcon, Jose
SP  - 33
EP  - 35
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of geriatric patients who were treated at a university hospital in southern Colombia. <br><br>METHODS: A database of trauma patients over 65 admitted between June 2014 and December 2015 was constructed. Univariate analysis was performed. Measures of central tendency and dispersion for continuous variables were calculated. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 760 patients were analyzed, the median age was 74 years (65-98). The median injury severity score was 9 (4-25) the 71.97% were men, and overall mortality was 25.39%. The 92.10% was blunt trauma, and the main mechanism of injury was falls. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Trauma in the elderly is a common condition with high risk of mortality. It is important to know the frequency of these injuries to provide the best possible handling. In our hospital we found that geriatric trauma is a common disease, the main cause is falls without embargos traffic accidents are common in this population.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2221-6189
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.12980/jad.6.2017JADWEB-2016-0062
ID  - ref1
ER  -