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Characteristics of Elderly Long-Term Care Residents Who Were Injured and Transferred to Hospital Emergency Departments in Korea: A Retrospective Multicenter Study
- Title
- Characteristics of Elderly Long-Term Care Residents Who Were Injured and Transferred to Hospital Emergency Departments in Korea: A Retrospective Multicenter Study
- Authors
- Namgung, Myeong; Kim, Keon; Lee, Dong Hoon; Yune, Ho Young; Wee, Jung Hee; Kim, Duk Ho; Kim, Eui Chung; Lim, Jee Yong
- Ewha Authors
- 김건
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 김건
- Issue Date
- 2019
- Journal Title
- EMERGENCY MEDICINE INTERNATIONAL
- ISSN
- 2090-2840
2090-2859
- Citation
- EMERGENCY MEDICINE INTERNATIONAL
- Publisher
- HINDAWI LTD
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- The objective of this retrospective multicenter study was to investigate the mechanism and characteristics of trauma experienced by patients aged 65 years who were transferred from a long-term care hospital to one of five university hospital emergency departments. Of 255,543 patients seen in one of the five emergency departments, 79 were transferred from a long-term care hospital because of trauma. The most common trauma mechanism was slipping down, with 33 (58.9%) patients, followed by falling from a bed (17.9%), striking an object such as a wall or corner (10.7%), overextending a joint (8.9%), and unknown mechanisms (3.6%). Many cases of slip (39.4%) occurred in relation to the bathroom. Comparing slip and fall from a bed, we found more hip fractures (95.2%) because of slipping down than falling from a bed (57.1%); traumatic brain injury only occurred in slip cases. These traumas cause significant morbidity in elderly patients; therefore, we sought to identify strategies that prevent slip in long-term care hospitals.
- DOI
- 10.1155/2019/7803184
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- 의료원 > 의료원 > Journal papers
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