Falling-Asleep-Related Injured Falls In The Elderly

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-210

  Onen, Fannie ^a   Higgins, Susan ^b   Onen, S Hakki ^b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

daytime sleepiness; elderly; fall; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMORBIDITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 60249089095     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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