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Title: Undertriage in older trauma patients-the NZ experience

Category: Trauma

Keywords: Trauma, geriatric, undertriage (PubMed Search)

Posted: 3/15/2026 by Robert Flint, MD (Updated: 7/21/2026)

Another study, this one from New Zealand, showing older trauma patients with similar injury severity score had less trauma team activations and higher mortality.

References

M.Nonis, A.McCombie, C.Wakeman, J.Geddes, and L. R.Joyce, “The Effect of Increasing Age on Outcomes in Major Trauma: A Retrospective Cohort Study,” Emergency Medicine Australasia38, no. 1 (2026): e70226, https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.70226.


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