Older patients presenting to a county hospital ED after a fall: missed opportunities for prevention

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 413-417

  Paniagua, Miguel A ^a   Malphurs, Julie E ^b   Phelan, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; AGE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF HELP; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POLYPHARMACY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 33746752850     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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