Appraising a guideline for preventing acute care falls

Geriatrics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Naqvi, Fatima ^a   Lee, Susan ^a   Fields, Suzanne D ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall assessment and management; Falls; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LACERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; HUMANS; NURSING CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 64249132923     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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