The profile and follow-up of patients who attend the Emergency Department following a fall

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 243-250

  Naughton, Corina ^a   McGrath, Eimear ^a   Drennan, Jonathan ^a   Johnson, Felicity ^a   Lyons, Imogen ^a   Treacy, Pearl ^a   Fealy, Gerard ^a   Butler, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Emergency Department; Falls; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; IRELAND; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84867719931     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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