Falls in the general hospital: Association with delirium, advanced age, and specific surgical procedures

Psychosomatics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-226

  Lakatos, Barbara E ^a   Capasso, Virginia ^a   Mitchell, Monique T ^a   Kilroy, Susan M ^a   Lussier Cushing, Mary ^a   Sumner, Laura ^a   Repper Delisi, Jennifer ^a   Kelleher, Erin P ^a   Delisle, Leslie A ^a   Cruz, Constance ^a   Stern, Theodore A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 67650790570     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.50.3.218     Document Type: Article

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