title: Functional improvement in geriatric trauma patients admitted to a dedicated rehabilitation hospital.
abstract: A retrospective study was undertaken of trauma patients over 55 years of age who were admitted to a rehabilitation hospital during an 18-month period. Significant risk factors for poorer in-hospital improvement in functional independent measures were male sex, having an offspring listed as next of kin, pre-injury diabetes mellitus and/or dementia, and number of co-morbidities. Being married was found to be protective.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Services, University of Maryland Medical System.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Radke
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Permutt
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D015996:Survival Rate