Acute XXXX and multiple injuries in the elderly population.

@entity1 @entity173 @entity130
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: @entity130 in the rapidly growing elderly population pose a significant challenge to the healthcare community. These injuries are associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and as a result cause a financial burden on the medical system. Although normal decline in physiologic reserve can provide some explanation for these poor outcomes, there is significant room for improvement. This review will summarize recent literature around the evaluation and management of elderly @entity130 @entity1 with a particular focus on those with @entity173 . RECENT FINDINGS: It is becoming increasingly evident that customized evaluation and management of elderly @entity130 @entity1 is a key factor in improving outcomes. Geriatric-specific triage and assessment criteria have been developed and initial results are encouraging. In particular, the use of frailty as an assessment tool in these @entity1 has been shown to be an independent predictor of outcomes. Further, assessment of these tools in elderly @entity130 @entity1 with @entity173 has provided a wealth of information about their use and limitations. SUMMARY: Differentiated, geriatric-specific triaging, assessment and treatment pathways in the care of elderly @entity130 @entity1 will ultimately lead to improvements in outcomes. These improvements have already started to be seen in the realm of orthogeriatrics.
