Falls from ladders: Injury patterns and outcomes

BACKGROUND Our contemporary understanding of the impact of falls from ladders remains limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the injury patterns and outcomes of falls from ladders. Our hypothesis was that age affects both injury type and outcomes. METHODS The National Trauma Data Bank was queried for all patients who fell from a ladder (January 2007 to December 2017). Participants were stratified into four groups according to age: 15 years or younger, 16 years to 50 years, 51 years to 65 years, and older than 65 years. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to compare the injury patterns and outcomes between the groups. RESULTS A total of 168,227 patients were included for analysis. Median age was 56 years (interquartile range, 45–66 years), 86.1% were male, and median ISS was 9 (interquartile range, 4–13). Increasing age was associated with a higher risk of severe trauma (ISS> 15: 8.8% vs. 13.7% vs. 17.5% vs. 22.0%; p
Source: The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: AAST POSTER 2021 Source Type: research
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