ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2018
Severe Injuries from Low-height Falls in the Elderly Population.
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- Reality of treatment for severely injured patients: are there age-specific differences?BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Does a fall from a standing height warrant computed tomography in an elderly patient with polytrauma?World journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Falling Short: The Contribution of Central Insulin Receptors to Gait Dysregulation in Brain Aging.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Severe Ground Fall Injury Associated with Alcohol Consumption in Geriatric Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Falls in ED patients: do elderly patients on direct oral anticoagulants bleed less than those on vitamin K antagonists?Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Characteristics of fall-related head injury versus non-head injury in the older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- How much could a low COVID-19 pandemic change the injury trends? A single-institute, retrospective cohort study.BMJ open · 2021Observational
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Abstract
backgroundFalls from low-height can cause severe injuries in the elderly population. This study was conducted to determine characteristics of injuries from low-height falls.
methodsWe retrospectively review surveillance data on injured patients who presented to six emergency departments from January 2011 to December 2015. Study subjects were divided into severe group and non-severe group based on severity of injury. The general and clinical characteristics were compared between the two groups and analyzed factors related with severe injuries.
resultsOf 1,190 elderly patients, severe group comprised 82 patients (7%). The severe group was 2 years younger than the non-severe group. In the severe group, 61% was men and 34% in the non-severe group. In the non-severe, the injuries more commonly occurred at residential facilities and indoors than those in the severe group. Paid work during injury occurrence was 15%, and the more patients presented with non-alert consciousness in the severe group. The most common regions of major injury were head and neck in the severe group.
conclusionPaid work, non-alert consciousness, and major injury to head and neck are relating factors to severe injuries in the elderly population.
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