Comparison of the epidemiology of elderly trauma between major trauma centres in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Melbourne, Australia
Despite the different settings, low level falls were the major cause of injury in older patients. A longer length of stay in the acute hospital was identified for KSMC, however, this may be partly explained by discharge destination practices in the 2 countries.
Authors
- Christopher Groombridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2336-1525)
- Mark Fitzgerald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0183-7761)
- Joseph Mathew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2394-682X)
- Margot Lodge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2653-6826)
- Jane E. Ford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8804-3926)
- Mansour I. Aljabri
- Zisis Touloumis
- Sharfuddin M. Chowdhury
Institutions
- National Trauma Research Institute (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Saudi Medical Journal
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.10.20240307
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.69