Fall-related emergency department admission: Fall environment and settings and related injury patterns in 6357 patients with special emphasis on the elderly

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pfortmueller, Carmen A ^a   Kunz, Mirco ^b   Lindner, Gregor ^a   Zisakis, Athanasios ^a   Puig, Stefan ^a   Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTUSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISLOCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SPORT INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; INFANT; LEG INJURIES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896996068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/256519     Document Type: Article

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