Fall-related admissions after fast-track total hip and knee arthroplasty - cause of concern or consequence of success?

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 1569-1577

  Jørgensen, Christoffer C ^a,b   Kehlet, Henrik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Falls; Orthopedic; Osteoarthrosis; Postoperative; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SOCIOLOGY; WALKING AID;

FALLS; ORTHOPEDIC; OSTEOARTHROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE; RISK;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888320866     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S52528     Document Type: Article

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