[en] Introduction: Injuries are among the leading causes of death worldwide, although the numbers vary between different countries and regions. There are several factors related to this variation in addition to the characteristics of the health system, among which are characteristics of individuals such as age and comorbidities or characteristics of the trauma such as nature and severity. The province of Lugo has different sociodemographic characteristics than other areas in Spain because his population is aged, but it is unknown if this factor influences the evolution of trauma patients. Objectives: The general objective of the present study is to characterize the polytraumatized patients admitted to the ICU of a health area with an aged population. The specific objectives are to describe the frequency of death and the associated factors (sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the patient and factors related to trauma such as severity and complications) and to identify possible areas for improvement in healthcare for this group of patients. Methodology: The quantitative methodology will be used by carrying out a descriptive, observational, longitudinal, retrospective study of a series of cases in the ICU of the Lucus Augusti University Hospital in Lugo. The research will be carried out over a 12-month period and the clinical records of the participants will be reviewed to obtain information regarding the variables of interest. Subsequently, the statistical analysis of the data will be carried out with the R software and the results report will be prepared for dissemination.

[gl] Introdución: Os traumatismos atópanse entre as principais causas de morte a nivel mundial, aínda que as cifras varían entre os diferentes países e rexións. Existen diversos factores relacionados con esta variación ademais das características do sistema de saúde, entre as que se atopan características dos individuos coma a idade e as comorbilidades ou as características do traumatismo coma a sua natureza e severidade. A provincia de Lugo conta cunhas características sociodemográficas diferentes ás doutras zonas de España e atópase máis avellentada, pero descoñécese se este factor inflúe na evolución dos doentes traumatizados. Obxectivos: O obxectivo xeral do presente estudo é caracterizar aos doentes politraumatizados ingresados na UCI dunha área de saúde con poboación avellentada. Os obxectivos específicos son describir a frecuencia de éxitus e os factores asociados (características sociodemográficas e clínicas do doente e factores relacionados co trauma coma severidade e complicacións) e identificar posibles áreas de mellora na atención sanitaria a este grupo de pacientes. Metodoloxía: Empregarase a metodoloxía cuantitativa realizando un estudo descritivo, observacional, lonxitudinal, retrospectivo de serie de casos na UCI do Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti de Lugo. A investigación desenvolverase durante un período de 12 meses e revisaranse as historias clínicas dos participantes para obter a información relativa ás variables de interese. Posteriormente procederase á análise estatística dos datos co software R e elaborarase o informe de resultados para a súa difusión.