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ArticleSaudi medical journal2024

Comparison of the epidemiology of elderly trauma between major trauma centres in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Melbourne, Australia.

Zisis Touloumis, Sharfuddin M Chowdhury, Mark C Fitzgerald, Mansour I Aljabri, Margot E Lodge, Jane E Ford, Joseph K Mathew, Christopher J Groombridge

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Article in Saudi medical journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Zisis TouloumisFrom the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Sharfuddin M ChowdhuryFrom the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Mark C FitzgeraldFrom the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Mansour I AljabriFrom the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Margot E LodgeFrom the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Jane E FordFrom the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Joseph K MathewFrom the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Christopher J GroombridgeFrom the Department of Trauma Surgery (Touloumis, Chowdhury, Aljabri), Trauma Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Clinical Research (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), National Trauma Research Institute, and from the Department of Surgery (Fitzgerald, Lodge, Ford, Mathew, Groombridge), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2336-1525

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo review the epidemiology of elderly trauma at the Kind Saud Medical City (KSMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and carry out risk-adjusted analyses to benchmark outcomes with the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, the largest Australasian trauma service.

methodsThis retrospective study included records of injured patients (≥65 years) from the hospital trauma registries during 2022. Demographic and injury data were extracted. Risk-adjusted endpoints were: inpatient mortality and length of stay, analysed using logistic and median regression.

resultsA total of 193 elderly patients were registered on the KSMC registry and 1233 elderly patients were registered on the Alfred Hospital registry. Kind Saud Medical City saw proportionally less major trauma (injury severity score of >12, 24.4% vs. 44.2%,

conclusionDespite the different settings, low level falls were the major cause of injury in older patients. A longer length of stay in the acute hospital was identified for KSMC, however, this may be partly explained by discharge destination practices in the 2 countries.

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Length of StayTrauma CentersWounds and InjuriesAccidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overAustraliaFemaleHospital MortalityHumansInjury Severity ScoreMaleRegistriesRetrospective StudiesSaudi Arabiaelderlyregistrytrauma

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PMID39379111
PMCPMC11463574

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