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Severe Injuries from Low-height Falls in the Elderly Population
- Title
- Severe Injuries from Low-height Falls in the Elderly Population
- Authors
- Lee, Hyeji; Kim, Sun Hyu; Lee, Sang Cheal; Kim, Sunpyo; Cho, Gyu Chong; Kim, Min Joung; Lee, Ji Sook; Han, Chul
- Ewha Authors
- 한철
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 한철
- Issue Date
- 2018
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
- ISSN
- 1011-8934
1598-6357
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE vol. 33, no. 36
- Keywords
- Elderly; Falls; Injury; Relating Factors
- Publisher
- KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS; KCI
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Background: Falls from low-height can cause severe injuries in the elderly population. This study was conducted to determine characteristics of injuries from low-height falls. Methods: We retrospectively review surveillance data on injured patients who presented to six emergency departments from January 2011 to December 2015. Study subjects were divided into severe group and non-severe group based on severity of injury. The general and clinical characteristics were compared between the two groups and analyzed factors related with severe injuries. Results: Of 1,190 elderly patients, severe group comprised 82 patients (7%). The severe group was 2 years younger than the non-severe group. In the severe group, 61% was men and 34% in the non-severe group. In the non-severe, the injuries more commonly occurred at residential facilities and indoors than those in the severe group. Paid work during injury occurrence was 15%, and the more patients presented with non-alert consciousness in the severe group. The most common regions of major injury were head and neck in the severe group. Conclusion: Paid work, non-alert consciousness, and major injury to head and neck are relating factors to severe injuries in the elderly population.
- DOI
- 10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e221
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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