The elderly age criterion for increased in-hospital mortality in trauma patients: a retrospective cohort study.
Ji Hwan LeeMin Joung KimJu Young HongJinwoo MyungYun Ho RohSung Phil ChungPublished in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2021)
This study found that the in-hospital mortality rate rose with increasing age and that the increase was the most rapid from the age of 65 years. We propose to define the elderly age criterion for traumatic injuries as ≥ 65 years of age.
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