The Changing Epidemiology of Serious Trauma in the Elderly Population: An Increasing Concern of a Tertiary Hospital in Singapore.

CONCLUSION: The number of elderly trauma patients were thrice that of all trauma patients seen and they also required longer hospitalisation. This trend has led to greater burden of care in hospitals and health services in Singapore. PMID: 31960015 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31960015?dopt=Abstract

Source: Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - October 31, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Go KT, Cheng JY, Seah X, Goh MH, Teo LT, Cole E Tags: Ann Acad Med Singapore Source Type: research