Identification of patients at risk for falls in an inpatient rehabilitation program

Rehabilitation Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 292-297

  Salamon, Lisa A ^a   Victory, Mary ^b   Bobay, Kathleen ^c  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Prevention; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; REHABILITATION CENTER; REHABILITATION NURSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REHABILITATION NURSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871753109     PISSN: 02784807     EISSN: 20487940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnj.036     Document Type: Article

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