Fatal Cerebral Injury in the Elderly*
- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 26 (11), 489-497
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1978.tb03332.x
Abstract
Medical examiner''s series of 71 elderly patients with fatal internal cerebral injuries demonstrated age differences with respect to the type of cerebral lesion and the causal incident. The elderly showed relatively fewer severe cerebral contusions than did a young group, but a higher incidence of subdural and intraparenchymal hematomas. Falls, the most common cause of injury in the elderly, were often precipitated by physical illness or ingestion of alcohol. Consumption of alcohol was also a prominent factor in the fatal assault cases.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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