A 7-year retrospective evaluation of judicial cases of patients over 75 years of age, except traffic accidents
Abdulkadir Kantar, İsmail Altintop · 2026
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Abdulkadir Kantar and İsmail Altintop report a 2026 retrospective review of forensic cases involving very elderly patients at Kayseri State Hospital in Turkey. The study covered 160 patients aged 75 or older who came to the emergency department between June 2018 and August 2025 with non-traffic forensic cases. They were drawn from more than three million department visits in that span. Records supplied demographics, existing illnesses, incident type, injury details, and outcomes. Mean age was about 80 years, and 55 percent were women.
Assault caused about four in five of the presentations, with injuries concentrated on the head, neck, and upper limbs. Abrasions made up about 42 percent of findings and bruises about 24 percent. Nearly four in five patients tried to conceal what had happened, and repeat department visits appeared in about 14 percent of cases, hinting at ongoing abuse. Most patients went home, and the death rate was 2.5 percent. The authors urge systematic screening for elder abuse.
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| CREATOR | Abdulkadir Kantar, İsmail Altintop |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37892 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |