Postoperative falls in the acute hospital setting: Characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes in males

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-202

  Church, Skotti ^a   Robinson, Thomas N ^a,b   Angles, Erik M ^a   Tran, Zung V ^a   Wallace, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Geriatric surgery; Hospital falls; Hospital acquired condition

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ABRASION; ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DISABILITY; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPISTAXIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOMA; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INJURY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE FALL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; WEAKNESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLORADO; DELIRIUM; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79151486473     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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