Geriatric polytrauma patients should not be excluded from aggressive injury treatment based on age alone.
Karlijn Julia Patricia van WessemLuke P H LeenenPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2020)
Patients ≥ 70 years had higher mortality risk even though injury severity and complication rates were similar to other age groups. WLST increased with age with the vast majority due to brain injury. More than half of patients ≥ 70 years survived suggesting geriatric polytrauma patients should not be excluded from aggressive injury treatment based on age alone.