Assessing the prevalence of modifiable risk factors in older patients visiting an ED due to a fall using the CAREFALL Triage Instrument

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 994-1001

  Van Nieuwenhuizen, Roos C ^a   Van Dijk, Nynke ^a   Van Breda, Fenna G ^a   Scheffer, Alice C ^a   Korevaar, Johanna C ^a   Van Der Cammen, Tischa J ^b   Lips, Paul ^c   Goslings, Johannes C ^a   De Rooij, Sophia E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; COMBINED AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM EVALUATION OF FALLS TRIAGE INSTRUMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYPHARMACY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VISION, LOW;

EID: 78049465748     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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