Agitation and falls: Taking account of nurses' notes can help to identify elderly patients at risk of in-hospital falls

European Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 131-134

  Specht Leible, N ^a   Neuhauser, T ^a   Oster, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agitation; Geriatric patients; In hospital falls; Prevention of falls

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 0036377905     PISSN: 14391147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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