Citation

Levy DB, Hanlon DP, Townsend RN. Clin. Geriatr. Med. 1993; 9(3): 601-620.

Affiliation

Medical College of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8374860

Abstract

Elderly individuals not only live longer but are also more active than in the past. Accompanying this increase in activity is the number of older trauma victims. The effect of aging on response to injury is reviewed, and the initial evaluation and treatment of geriatric trauma are delineated in this article. Specific injuries of note include head and chest wall injury; pulmonary and cardiac contusion; abdominal trauma; and aortic, spinal, and musculoskeletal injury.

Language: en