Under-triage of older trauma patients in prehospital care: a systematic review

[1] Mitra B(2012)Optimising management of the elderly trauma patient Injury 43 973-975

[2] Cameron PA(2012)Geriatric trauma: demographics, injuries, and mortality J Orthop Trauma 26 e161-e165

[3] Keller JM(2010)A critical assessment of the out-of-hospital trauma triage guidelines for physiologic abnormality J Trauma 68 452-462

[4] Sciadini MF(2012)Guidelines for field triage of injured patients: recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2011 MMWR Recomm Rep 61 1-20

[5] Sinclair E(2009)Precision of field triage in patients brought to a trauma centre after introducing trauma team activation guidelines Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 17 1-715

[6] O'Toole RV(2012)Old and undertriaged: a lethal combination Am Surg 78 711-820

[7] Newgard CD(2010)Normal presenting vital signs are unreliable in geriatric blunt trauma victims J Trauma 69 813-69

[8] Rudser K(2010)‘Normal’vital signs belie occult hypoperfusion in geriatric trauma patients Am Surg 76 65-495

[9] Hedges JR(2009)Assessment of mortality in older trauma patients sustaining injuries from falls or motor vehicle collisions treated in regional level I trauma centers Ann Surg 249 488-825

[10] Kerby JD(2010)Ground level falls are associated with significant mortality in elderly patients J Trauma 69 821-63

[1] Mitra B(2012)Optimising management of the elderly trauma patient Injury 43 973-975

[2] Cameron PA(2012)Geriatric trauma: demographics, injuries, and mortality J Orthop Trauma 26 e161-e165

[3] Keller JM(2010)A critical assessment of the out-of-hospital trauma triage guidelines for physiologic abnormality J Trauma 68 452-462

[4] Sciadini MF(2012)Guidelines for field triage of injured patients: recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2011 MMWR Recomm Rep 61 1-20

[5] Sinclair E(2009)Precision of field triage in patients brought to a trauma centre after introducing trauma team activation guidelines Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 17 1-715

[6] O'Toole RV(2012)Old and undertriaged: a lethal combination Am Surg 78 711-820

[7] Newgard CD(2010)Normal presenting vital signs are unreliable in geriatric blunt trauma victims J Trauma 69 813-69

[8] Rudser K(2010)‘Normal’vital signs belie occult hypoperfusion in geriatric trauma patients Am Surg 76 65-495

[9] Hedges JR(2009)Assessment of mortality in older trauma patients sustaining injuries from falls or motor vehicle collisions treated in regional level I trauma centers Ann Surg 249 488-825

[10] Kerby JD(2010)Ground level falls are associated with significant mortality in elderly patients J Trauma 69 821-63