The incidence of falls in intensive care survivors

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 167-174

  Patman, Shane M ^a   Dennis, Diane ^b   Hill, Kylie ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; APACHE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 79961023867     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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