TY - JOUR
T1 - Blunt chest trauma in the elderly
AU - Shorr, Robert M.
AU - Rodriguez, Aurelio
AU - Indeck, Matthew C.
AU - Crittenden, Michael D.
AU - Hartunian, Susan
AU - Cowley, R. Adams
PY - 1989/2
Y1 - 1989/2
N2 - Significant differences were identified between a group of elderly patients (65 years and older) and a nonelderly group both with blunt thoracic trauma. There was a lower incidence of elderly patients presenting in shock; however, cardiopulmonary arrest at arrival was more frequent in this group. Although the types of complications were similar in both populations, the morbidity and mortality rates were higher in the elderly. A high index of suspicion must be generated for an elderly patient who has sustained blunt chest trauma. An aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic approach may lead to a decrease in the high morbidity and mortality rates in the elderly.
AB - Significant differences were identified between a group of elderly patients (65 years and older) and a nonelderly group both with blunt thoracic trauma. There was a lower incidence of elderly patients presenting in shock; however, cardiopulmonary arrest at arrival was more frequent in this group. Although the types of complications were similar in both populations, the morbidity and mortality rates were higher in the elderly. A high index of suspicion must be generated for an elderly patient who has sustained blunt chest trauma. An aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic approach may lead to a decrease in the high morbidity and mortality rates in the elderly.
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U2 - 10.1097/00005373-198902000-00016
DO - 10.1097/00005373-198902000-00016
M3 - Article
C2 - 2918564
AN - SCOPUS:0024512489
SN - 0022-5282
VL - 29
SP - 234
EP - 237
JO - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
JF - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
IS - 2
ER -