Assessment of risk and incidence of falls in neurosurgical inpatients;Evaluación de riesgo e incidencia de caídas en pacientes de neurocirugía

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 752-757

  Diccini, Solange ^a   De Pinho, Priscila Gomes ^a,b   Da Silva, Fabiana Oliveira ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Pirajussara   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Epidemiology; Neurosurgery; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 53549131968     PISSN: 01041169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-11692008000400016     Document Type: Article

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