Screening for visual impairment in elderly patients with hip fracture: Validating a simple bedside test

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-59

  Squirrell, D M ^a   Kenny, J ^b   Mawer, N ^a   Gupta, M ^a   West, J ^a   Currie, Z I ^a   Pepper, I M ^a   Austin, C A ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Proximal hip fracture; Screening; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NURSE; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLIT LAMP; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 13244256895     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701421     Document Type: Article

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