Discussion of: “Impact of geriatric consultations on clinical outcomes of elderly trauma patients: A retrospective analysis”

• Published in: The American journal of surgery Vol. 214; no. 6; pp. 1053 - 1054
• Main Authors: Dugan, James P., Burns, Keith M., Baldawi, Mustafa, Heidt, David G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01-12-2017; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged; Clinical outcomes; Drug stores; Geriatric Assessment; Geriatrics; Humans; Injury Severity Score; Mortality; Older people; Patients; Pharmacists; Referral and Consultation; Retrospective Studies; Social workers; Trauma; Trauma Centers; Wounds and Injuries
• ISSN: 0002-9610; 1879-1883
• DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.10.004

There's a paucity of high-quality data to inform the care of geriatric trauma patients. [...]a third question, nonsurgical admissions are common in trauma centers including ours, and most of these are geriatric trauma patients. [...]for the question about the nonsurgical patients, all the patients at the University of Toledo Medical Center who had an isolated fracture or associated problem get admitted under orthopedics, not under the trauma service.