Characteristics of hospital inpatient falls across clinical departments

Gerontology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 342-348

  Schwendimann, René ^a,b   Bühler, Hugo ^b   De Geest, Sabina ^a,c   Milisen, Koen ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Stadtspital Waid   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Characteristics of hospital falls; Hospital departments; Hospitals; Inpatient falls

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 55849114410     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000129954     Document Type: Article

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