TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Patterns of injury in geriatric falls
JO  - Connecticut medicine
A1  - Ojo, Peter
A1  - O'Connor, J.
A1  - Kim, Daeho
A1  - Ciardiello, Kenneth
A1  - Bonadies, John
SP  - 139
EP  - 145
VL  - 73
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-6178
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -