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Characteristics of Elderly Long-Term Care Residents Who Were Injured and Transferred to Hospital Emergency Departments in Korea: A Retrospective Multicenter Study
- Source :
- Emergency Medicine International, Vol 2019 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2019.
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Abstract
- The objective of this retrospective multicenter study was to investigate the mechanism and characteristics of trauma experienced by patients aged ≥65 years who were transferred from a long-term care hospital to one of five university hospital emergency departments. Of 255,543 patients seen in one of the five emergency departments, 79 were transferred from a long-term care hospital because of trauma. The most common trauma mechanism was slipping down, with 33 (58.9%) patients, followed by falling from a bed (17.9%), striking an object such as a wall or corner (10.7%), overextending a joint (8.9%), and unknown mechanisms (3.6%). Many cases of slip (39.4%) occurred in relation to the bathroom. Comparing slip and fall from a bed, we found more hip fractures (95.2%) because of slipping down than falling from a bed (57.1%); traumatic brain injury only occurred in slip cases. These traumas cause significant morbidity in elderly patients; therefore, we sought to identify strategies that prevent slip in long-term care hospitals.
- Subjects :
- Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
RC86-88.9
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20902840, 20902859, and 60413212
- Volume :
- 2019
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emergency Medicine International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.57a196d60d4b43fcb60413212ef210e7
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/7803184