dc.contributor.author | Aktas, Can | |
dc.contributor.author | Eren, Sevki Hakan | |
dc.contributor.author | Eryilmaz, Mehmet | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-27T12:10:23Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-28T10:14:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-27T12:10:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-28T10:14:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1306-696X | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12418/10312 | |
dc.description | WOS: 000259385100010 | en_US |
dc.description | PubMed ID: 18988056 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to evaluate the causes and demographics of trauma patients 65 years of age and older, and also the effects of co-morbidities and drug use on trauma. METHODS This study was performed in Medicine Faculty of Yeditepe University Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine Outpatients Clinic between January 2005 - February 2006. Ninety-one trauma patients (48 males [52.7%], 43 females [47.3%]; mean age 73 5.42; range 65 to 92 years) 65 years of age and older were included into the study. Age, gender, trauma causes, injury types, co-morbidities, drug consumption and injury severity scores were recorded onto the study form. RESULTS Fifty-seven (62.6%) patients were admitted to the emergency department because of low-energy fall, 13 patients (14.3%) for high-energy falls, 6 patients (6.6%) for low-energy motor vehicle crush, and 14 patients (15.4%) for high-energy motor vehicle crush. Hypertension was significantly more frequent in falls than the other trauma mechanisms (p=0.003). There was a higher rate of femur fracture in low-energy falls than the others (p=0.026). However, the rate of vertebral fracture was higher in high-energy falls (p=0.037). Soft tissue injuries were seen most often in low-energy motor vehicle crush injuries (p=0.01) while rib fractures were seen most frequently in high-energy motor vehicle crush injury (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION Acute or chronic disease and drug side effects may facilitate the exposure of elderly people to trauma. Drug consumption, co-morbid diseases and trauma causes should be taken into consideration during the evaluation of elderly trauma patients. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | tur | en_US |
dc.publisher | TURKISH ASSOC TRAUMA EMERGENCY SURGERY | en_US |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | en_US |
dc.subject | trauma | en_US |
dc.subject | elderly | en_US |
dc.subject | co-morbid disease | en_US |
dc.title | Effects of co-morbid disease and drug consumption on trauma patients 65 years of age and older: a university emergency department experience | en_US |
dc.type | article | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | [Eren, Sevki Hakan] Cumhuriyet Univ, Acil Tip Anabilim Dali, Tip Fak, Sivas, Turkey -- [Eryilmaz, Mehmet] Gulhane Mil Med Acad, Dept Emergency Med, Ankara, Turkey -- [Aktas, Can] Yeditepe Univ, Tip Fak Hastanesi, Acil Tip Anabilim Dali, TR-34752 Istanbul, Turkey | en_US |
dc.contributor.authorID | Aktas, Can -- 0000-0002-2980-6652 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 14 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | en_US |
dc.identifier.endpage | 317 | en_US |
dc.identifier.startpage | 313 | en_US |
dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | en_US |