PMID: 701700Nov 1, 1978Paper

Fatal cerebral injury in the elderly

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
J B Kirkpatrick, J Pearson

Abstract

A 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.

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