Diurnal variation in mortality in older nocturnal fallers

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-35

  Mcmahon, Christine Geraldine ^a   Kenny, Rose Anne ^b   Bennett, Kathleen ^b   Bouamra, Omar ^c   Lecky, Fiona ^c  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fall; Mortality; Older; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83455219344     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr119     Document Type: Article

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