Table 4.

Relation between injury site and hospitalization in patients aged ≥65 years who were evaluated in an emergency department in Konya, Turkey (n=561)

Injury site	Total	Hospitalized, n (%)	Discharged from emergency department, n (%)	Odds ratio	(95% confidence interval)	P≤
Anatomic site
Lower extremity	228	218 (96)	10 (4)	14	(7.1–27.3)	0.001
Thorax	86	82 (95)	4 (5)	8.2	(3.0–22.9)	0.001
Upper extremity	81	41 (51)	40 (49)	0.3	(0.2–0.4)	0.001
Head	65	51 (78)	14 (22)	1.2	(0.7–2.4)	NS
Spine	33	31 (94)	2 (6)	5.5	(1.3–23.2)	0.01
Pelvis	21	19 (90)	2 (10)	3.3	(0.8–14.2)	NS
Abdomen	5	5 (100)	0 (0)	0.7	(0.7–0.8)	NS
Fracture site
Femur fracture	205	200 (98)	5 (2)	24.4	(9.8–60.9)	0.001
Rib fracture with or without pulmonary contusion	62	59 (95)	3 (5)	7.4	(2.3–24.1)	0.001
Forearm fracture	37	17 (46)	20 (54)	0.3	(0.1–0.5)	0.001
Skull fracture	24	23 (96)	1 (4)	8	(1.1–60.0)	0.02

Notes: Of the 561 patients, 377 were hospitalized, 44 discharged after observation period in emergency department, and 140 discharged (does not include six other patients who were transferred to other health facilities and one patient who died in the emergency department).

Abbreviation: NS, not significant.