Resumen

MORENO NAVARRO, Jorge Tulio; FONG ESTRADA, Adela; MARTINEZ LOPEZ, Ricardo  y  CIUDAD DIAZ, Olga L. Characterization of aged adults hospitalized due to osteomioarticular traumatic injuries. MEDISAN [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.7, pp. 909-915. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 109 elderly hospitalized at Orthopedics and Traumatology Service from "Dr Ambrosio Grillo Portuondo" Teaching Clinical-Surgical Hospital in Santiago de Cuba due to osteomioarticular traumatic injuries was carried out during the first semester of 2009. Interest variables for the research included: age, sex, medical history, geriatric scale of functional assessment, injury type, treatment, and complications. It was found that the patients most affected by such trauma were women and those aged persons over 70 years old. Hip fracture was the most common injury. In spite of having associated diseases, they were active people and barely experienced complications.

Palabras clave : elderly; osteomioarticular traumatic injury; hip fracture; hospitalization; geriatric scale of functional assessment; Orthopedics and Traumatology Service.

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