Falls presenting to the accident and emergency department: Types of presentation and risk factor profile

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 362-366

  Davies, A J ^a   Kenny, R A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Carotid sinus hypersensitivity; Falls; Modifiable risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID SINUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029850594     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.5.362     Document Type: Article

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