Geriatric traumatology

The age traumatology is the scientific study and treatment of injuries and wounds aged and represents a portion of the trauma surgery . The medical preamble is the traumatology .

description

Due to ever increasing life expectancies as a result of demographic development , it is observed that older people are mobile longer. Every year in Germany alone, around 700,000 people suffer, for example, broken arms or vertebrae.

The increasing life expectancy results in an increasing tendency for injuries to the musculoskeletal system in old age. The changing living conditions of people in the western industrialized countries mean that people in old age do more sports, such as skiing, cycling or hiking. This is accompanied by an increasing number of accidental injuries, the treatment of which must be adapted to the age of the patient.

Injuries such as fractures or burns in old age place different demands on medical treatment than is the case with patients at a younger age. The growing number of elderly patients to be treated requires the attending physician to pay particular attention to, for example, the interaction with agents that lower or increase blood pressure. Changes in bone density in old age mean that bones break faster, for example as a result of a fall. The change in bone density in old age also places special demands on any implants that may be required and on the subsequent restoration.

Anticoagulant medication and other parallel medical treatments often require coordinated appointments with other departments. Side diseases increase the risk of complications.

Often already inserted implants or existing prostheses in the case of (new) fractures pose particular challenges for the treating surgeon , as does any existing dementia .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BG Clinic Ludwigshafen - Luisa - Center for Traumatology age. In: bgu-ludwigshafen.de. Retrieved June 27, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Geriatric traumatology: The aim of therapy is independence. In: aerztezeitung.de. Retrieved June 27, 2017 . 
3. ^ AG geriatric traumatology - German Society for Trauma Surgery. In: dgu-online.de. Retrieved June 27, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Evaluation of a care concept for geriatric traumatology. In: aerzteblatt.de. Retrieved June 27, 2017 . 
5. ↑ 4th master's course in geriatric traumatology. (No longer available online.) In: alterstraumazentrum-dgu.de. Archived from the original on July 17, 2017 ; accessed on June 27, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Geriatric Traumatology - Center for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery. In: unimedizin-mainz.de. Retrieved June 27, 2017 . 

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