Relationship between asking an older adult about falls and surgical outcomes

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1132-1138

  Jones, Teresa S ^a   Dunn, Christina L ^a   Wu, Daniel S ^a   Cleveland J r , Joseph C ^a,b   Kile, Deidre ^a   Robinson, Thomas N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Denver Medical Veterans Affairs Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 84890636571     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.2741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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