THE USE OF TRAUMA SCORING SYSTEMS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WHO ARE ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DUE TO FALLS

Icme F., Becel S., Ahmedali A., Avci A., AKOĞLU H., Satar S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, cilt.17, sa.2, ss.138-142, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.138-142
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: The aim of our study is to review demographic characteristics, management in concordance with trauma scoring systems, and the significance of trauma scoring systems in predicting the duration of hospital stay in geriatric patients who are admitted to the emergency department because of falling.