Article Document Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Entity Entity Review Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-08T08:47:09 RDF description of High-energy skeletal trauma in the elderly [review] - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn19714 10.2106/jbjs.k.01166 94 Comparative Studies review Aging and Geriatrics High-energy skeletal trauma in the elderly [review] 23 Fractures Resuscitation Orthopedics <p>Despite the increasing prevalence of high-energy skeletal trauma in the elderly (i.e., sixty years or older), there is a lack of prospective data regarding best care for these injuries.Elderly patients with multiple injuries are often undertriaged to trauma centers and underresuscitated.Aggressive early resuscitation can improve outcomes in elderly patients who have sustained skeletal trauma.Comanagement by orthopaedic surgeons and geriatricians of elderly patients with skeletal trauma can lead to a lower length of hospital stay, lower readmission rates, shorter time to operation, lower complication rates, and lower mortality.<p> Mortality Injuries 12752 20084 Risk Assessment document-rn19714 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 public Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume) Surgery