65 Yaş ve Üzeri Olgular İçin Düzenlenen Adli Raporların Retrospektif İncelenmesi
Articles > Article · 2020
Authors: Hülya GÜLER, Ahsen KAYA, Ender ŞENOL, Ekin Özgür AKTAŞ
Ege Tıp Dergisi, Refereed Journals of Other Institutions, International, Scopus, 2020, vol 59, pp 196-201
Summary
<p>Aim: It was aimed to examine the records of individuals 65 years of age and older for which forensic reports were prepared, to identify injury characteristics in older people and to draw attention to the precautions to be taken to prevent older people from traumas in this study.</p><p>Materials and Methods: Among the total of 2471 forensic reports which are prepared between 01 January 2014 and 31 December 2015 in Department of Forensic Medicine of Ege University Faculty of Medicine, the reports of 101 cases who were 65 years of age and older at the time of event were evaluated retrospectively. The data were evaluated by transferring to statistical program.</p><p>Results: Of the 101 cases evaluated, 63 (62.4%) were male. The mean age was 72.8±6.04 and maximum age was 89 years old. The traffic accidents were the most common cause of trauma (82.3%). The extremities were the most affected body region.</p><p>Conclusions: When the damages caused by similar traumas are compared in older people with other age groups, they would be much harmful in older people. Therefore, even taking the necessary measures to prevent traffic accidents which were determined as the most important cause of trauma in the cases aged 65 years and older, would be an effective step in reducing mortality and morbidity. Explaining the characteristics of traumas occurring in older people is thought to contribute to the determination of the measures to be taken in this regard.</p>