Falls in an acute hospital and their relationship to restraint use

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 28-31

  Tan, K M ^a   Austin, B ^a   Shaughnassy, M ^a   Higgins, C ^a   McDonald, M ^a   Mulkerrin, E C ^a   O'Keeffe, S T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INJURY;

EID: 27844537342     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03169144     Document Type: Article

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