[Treatment of the aged wounded patients evacuated from Wenchuan earthquake area].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the therapeutic strategies of the aged wounded patients evacuated from Wenchuan earthquake area.


METHODS
The characteristics of traumatic conditions and therapeutic methods of 14 aged wounded patients evacuated from Wenchuan earthquake area were retrospectively analyzed.


RESULTS
All cases accepted the effective treatment for 4 to 8 weeks and attained good recovery. There was no anesthetic and surgical complications, deep venous thrombosis, hypostatic pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, bed sore, stroke and other complications happened. When discharged, all medical disorders of the patients were under control and both psychological condition and nutritional status were improved obviously.


CONCLUSIONS
Assessment of traumatic condition and general status,cooperative nursing, active nutritional support, positive symptomatic treatment and necessary psychological intervention are the key to improve effectively the curative effect of the aged wounded patients in earthquake.
Fu
Qing-ge
QG
Department of Orthopaedics, the Affiliated Changhai Hospital of the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Zhang
Chun-cai
CC
Wang
Zhi-wei
ZW
Su
Jia-can
JC
Xu
Shuo-gui
SG
Ca
Lie-hu
LH
Liu
Xin-wei
XW
Li
Zhuo-dong
ZD
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China; D055866:Earthquakes; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*