The relationship of falls to injury among hospital in-patients

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-20

  Vassallo, Michael ^a   Vignaraja, R ^a   Sharma, J C ^a   Briggs, R ^b   Allen, S ^c  

^a KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falls; Hospital; Injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INPATIENTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 13844306365     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2004.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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