Changing Injury Pattern in Geriatric Admissions in a Level-1 Trauma Center.
Injuries from falls and MVAs remain the commonest cause for trauma admission in older adults, with declining MVA. This informs resource utilization, and clinical focus, including fall-risk evaluation and driving assessment for older adults.
Authors
- Stephanie N. Lueckel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4393-3076)
- Lynn McNicoll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1037-1418)
- Nadia Mujahid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2991-0924)
- Iva Neupane
- Stefan Gravenstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6000-6859)
- Andrew H. Stephen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9156-6461)
- João Monteiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9255-6521)
- Charles A. Adams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9915-4186)
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00