Hip fractures after falls in hospital: A retrospective observational cohort study

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-204

  Johal, K S ^a   Boulton, C ^a   Moran, C G ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Inpatient falls; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; STEROID; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEST INFECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISLOCATION; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WARD; WOUND INFECTION; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURES; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61549107709     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.06.036     Document Type: Article

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