Study of anemia in long-term care (SALT): Prevalence of anemia and its relationship with the risk of falls in nursing home residents

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2139-2149

  Pandya, Naushira ^a   Bookhart, Brahim ^b   Mody, Samir H ^b   Funk Orsini, Paula A ^c   Reardon, Gregory ^d  

^a Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^b Centocor Ortho Biotech Services LLC   (United States)

^c Areté Medical Outcomes Research Inc   (United States)

^d Informagenics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Falls; Hemoglobin; Long term care; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IRON; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC CARE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50149097558     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007990802215844     Document Type: Review

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