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October 5, 2022

Implementation of a Geriatric Trauma Clinical Pathway

Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
JAMA Surg. 2023;158(1):104. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.4821

To the Editor With great interest, we read the article by Park et al,1 who performed a retrospective case-control study to assess whether implementation of a geriatric trauma clinical pathway was associated with reduced rates of delirium in older adults with traumatic injury. The study concluded that the implementation of a multidisciplinary clinical pathway for older adults with injuries was associated with improved care and clinical outcomes, which suggested the feasibility of the geriatric trauma clinical pathway. However, further reasonable concerns should be taken into account for next-step utility.

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