Postmortem Analysis of Fall Victims According to Age Groups: A Comparative Study

Authors :: Sergio Dias Martuchi
Daniele Muñoz Gianvecchio
Daniela Vieira de Andrade Batista
Anna Carolina Margarido Karakhanian
Danielle Daffre Carvalho
Lilia de Souza Nogueira
Source :: Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), instacron:USP
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2020.
Abstract: Fall represents an important cause of death and its relation with the population aging evidences the need of a broad analysis considering different aspects associated with its occurrence. The objective of this study was to compare fatal victims due to unintentional fall among adults, young olds, olds, and oldest olds, according to sociodemographic data, characteristics, and severity of the trauma. This study is a cross-sectional, comparative study analyzing autopsy reports of fatal victims due to fall, admitted to the Medical Legal Institute of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2015. The following age groups were: adults (≥18 and

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