ArticleBMC emergency medicine2020
A consensus building exercise to determine research priorities for silver trauma.
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- Pooled it
- Cervical spine immobilisation following blunt trauma in pre-hospital and emergency care: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Under-triage of older trauma patients in prehospital care: a systematic review.European geriatric medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Trauma as a critical condition in the very old: assessment, care pathways and outcome differences.European geriatric medicine · 2026Review
- Impact of Different DOACs on Complications of TBI After Low-Energy Trauma.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Exploring the needs and preferences of older trauma patients: a qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Prehospital undertriage of older injured patients in western Switzerland: an observational cross-sectional study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2024Observational
- The geriatric trauma hospitalist service: An analysis of a management strategy for injured older adults.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Frailty in European Emergency Departments (FEED): an international flash mob study.European geriatric medicine · 2024Article
- Accuracy of a Prehospital Triage Protocol in Predicting In-Hospital Mortality and Severe Trauma Cases among Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Recommendation for changes to the guidelines of trauma patients with potential spinal injury within a regional UK ambulance trust.British paramedic journal · 2022Article
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- Challenges in the PREHOSPITAL emergency management of geriatric trauma patients - a scoping review.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2021Article
- New Horizons in Understanding Appropriate Prehospital Identification and Trauma Triage for Older Adults.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundEmergency care research into 'Silver Trauma', which is simply defined as major trauma consequent upon relatively minor injury mechanisms, is facing many challenges including that at present, there is no clear prioritisation of the issues. This study aimed to determine the top research priorities to guide future research.
methodsThis consensus-based prioritization exercise used a three-stage modified Delphi technique. The study consisted of an idea generating (divergent) first round, a ranking evaluation in the second round, and a (convergent) consensus meeting in the third round.
resultsA total of 20 research questions advanced to the final round of this study. After discussing the importance and clinical significance of each research question, five research questions were prioritised by the experts; the top three research priorities were: (1). What are older people's preferred goals of trauma care? (2). Beyond the Emergency Department (ED), what is the appropriate combined geriatric and trauma care? (3). Do older adults benefit from access to trauma centres? If so, do older trauma patients have equitable access to trauma centre compared to younger adults?
conclusionThe results of this study will assist clinicians, researchers, and organisations that are interested in silver trauma in guiding their future efforts and funding toward addressing the identified research priorities.
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