1 Beedham W, Peck G, Richardson SE et al. Head injury in the elderly–an overview for the
physician. Clin Med 2019; 19: 177–84. 2 Lomoschitz FM, Blackmore CC, Mirza SK, Mann …

We read with great interest the brief report published by Zonfrillo et al., 1 in the July 2015
issue of Academic Emergency Medicine, which described the change in emergency …

Introduction: Cervical spine (c-spine) injury has a highmorbidity andmortality in patients over
the age of 65; more than 60% result from falls from standing height (Beedham et al., 2019) …

Medical imaging with computed tomography (CT) is an increasing source of population
exposure to ionizing radiation, and a growing body of evidence, including the large study by …

Editor–You recently published an article 1 summarising the new recommendations for
medical inpatients within the updated National Institute for Health and Care Excellence …

The increasing longevity of the general population has created a parallel aging of the
trauma population. This change in demographics has also lead to a change in injury …

Background: Head trauma is an exceedingly common presenting complaint in the
emergency department, with approximately 2.5 million emergency department visits in the …

November 29, 2023 Dear Editor: We appreciate the feedback and commentary on our
recently published study. First, we would like to acknowledge the limitations of having a …

Older age is a risk factor for intracranial injury after head trauma, and computed tomography
(CT) is generally recommended. We aimed to develop a clinical prediction rule for risk …

Medical imaging with computed tomography (CT) is an increasing source of population
exposure to ionizing radiation, and a growing body of evidence, including the large study by …