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Megan Elizabeth Lundy1, Bo Zhang2, Michael Ditillo3
1University of Arizona Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns, and Acute Care Surgery, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/MLundyMD.
Abstract:
With a rapidly aging worldwide population, the care of geriatric trauma patients will be at the forefront of every career in Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. The unique intersection of advanced age, comorbidities, frailty, and physiologic changes presents a challenge in the care of elderly injured patients. It is well established that increasing age is associated with higher mortality and worse outcomes after injury, but it is also clear that there is room for improvement in the management of this special patient population.
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