Management of older patients presenting after a fall - An accident and emergency department audit

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 718-721

  Kalula, Sebastiana Zimba ^a   de Villiers, Linda ^a   Ross, Kathleen ^a   Ferreira, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PULSE RATE; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; URINALYSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33748346612     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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