Preventable medical injuries in older patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 2717-2728

  Rothschild, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Bates, David W ^a,b   Leape, Lucian L ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGING; COMORBIDITY; DECUBITUS; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034626364     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.18.2717     Document Type: Review

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