Development and evaluation of evidence based risk assessment tool (STRATIFY) to predict which elderly inpatients will fall: Case-control and cohort studies

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7115, 1997, Pages 1049-1053

  Oliver, D ^a   Britton, M ^a   Seed, P ^b   Martin, F C ^a   Hopper, A H ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL TEST; MICTURITION; NURSE; PATIENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030698119     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7115.1049     Document Type: Article

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