TQIP Guidelines for Geriatric Trauma Care

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TQIP Guidelines for Geriatric Trauma Care
AAST Grand Round, November 19, 2014

Presented by:
Steven Shackford, MD, Scripps Mercy Medical Center

Moderated by:
L.D. Britt, MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School

Referenced in presentation:

For the care of the underserved.
Mackersie RC.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 May;77(5):653-659.

The epidemiology of trauma-related mortality in the United States from 2002 to 2010.
Sise RG, Calvo RY, Spain DA, Weiser TG, Staudenmayer KL.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Apr;76(4):913-9; discussion 920.

High-risk geriatric protocol: improving mortality in the elderly.
Bradburn E, Rogers FB, Krasne M, Rogers A, Horst MA, Beelen MJ, Miller JA.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Aug;73(2):435-40.

Geriatric trauma service: a one-year experience.
Mangram AJ, Mitchell CD, Shifflette VK, Lorenzo M, Truitt MS, Goel A, Lyons MA, Nichols DJ, Dunn EL.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Jan;72(1):119-22.

Further reading:

Shock index predicts mortality in geriatric trauma patients: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank.
Pandit V, Rhee P, Hashmi A, Kulvatunyou N, Tang A, Khalil M, O'Keeffe T, Green D, Friese RS, Joseph B.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Apr;76(4):1111-5.

Frailty in surgery.
Joseph B, Pandit V, Sadoun M, Zangbar B, Fain MJ, Friese RS, Rhee P.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Apr;76(4):1151-6.

Long-term outcomes of ground-level falls in the elderly.
Ayoung-Chee P, McIntyre L, Ebel BE, Mack CD, McCormick W, Maier RV.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Feb;76(2):498-503; discussion 503.

A simple clinical risk nomogram to predict mortality-associated geriatric complications in severely injured geriatric patients.
Min L, Burruss S, Morley E, Mody L, Hiatt JR, Cryer H, Ha JK, Tillou A.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Apr;74(4):1125-32.

Evaluation and management of geriatric trauma: an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline.
Calland JF, Ingraham AM, Martin N, Marshall GT, Schulman CI, Stapleton T, Barraco RD; Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Nov;73(5 Suppl 4):S345-50.

Are the frail destined to fail? Frailty index as predictor of surgical morbidity and mortality in the elderly.
Farhat JS, Velanovich V, Falvo AJ, Horst HM, Swartz A, Patton JH Jr, Rubinfeld IS.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Jun;72(6):1526-30; discussion 1530-1.