title: [Trauma in the elderly].
abstract: Older patients can suffer severe trauma, especially in home environment. In Switzerland, falls are the main cause of trauma mortality in patients older than 65. Low kinetics mecanisms can cause severe trauma. Undertriage is frequent in emergency rooms and could result in delayed mortality. Except for hip fractures and simple fractures of extremities, age more then 65 should be a criteria for admitting the patient in a trauma center and activating the trauma team.
authors.affiliation: Service des urgences, Département de médecine communautaire, de premier recours et des urgences, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. marc.niquille@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niquille
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ardigo
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000368:Aged; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D013557:Switzerland; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*