Patterns and predictors of inpatient falls and fall-related injuries in a large academic hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 822-827

  Fischer, Irene D ^a   Krauss, Melissa J ^a   Dunagan, William Claiborne ^a,c   Birge, Stanley ^a   Hitcho, Eileen ^a   Johnson, Shirley ^b   Costantinou, Eileen ^b   Fraser, Victoria J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DATA BASE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27144496464     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502500     Document Type: Article

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