When do elderly in-hospital patients fall? [4]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 413-

  von Renteln Kruse, Wolfgang ^a   Krause, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FALLING; FRACTURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 4043152758     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh114     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Vassallo M, Sharma JC, Briggs RSJ, Allen SC. Characteristics of early fallers on elderly patient rehabilitation wards. Age Ageing 2003; 32: 338-42.
2. Renteln-Kruse W v, Krause T. Fall events in geriatric in-hospital patients-results of prospective recording over a 3-years period. Z Gerontol Geriatr 2004; 37: 9-14.
3. Thomas EJ, Brennan TA. Incidence and types of preventable adverse events in elderly patients: a population based review of medical records. Br Med J 2000; 320: 741-7.