Abstract:Objective: Head trauma is one of the most common causes of emergency admission in elderly patients. The risk of intracranial pathology increases after trauma due to the weakening of bone structures, deterioration in blood parameters, and use of anticoagulants. This study aimed to examine the factors affecting mortality after head trauma in geriatric patients.
Material and Methods: Geriatric patients who were admitted to the emergency department with head trauma between 01.01.2015 and 31.12.2015 and underwent c… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.