Postoperative prevention of falls in older adults with fragility fractures

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 333-347

  Demontiero, Oddom ^a,b   Gunawardene, Piumali ^a,b   Duque, Gustavo ^a,b  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls; Falls prevention; Falls risk assessment; Fragility fracture; Older adults; Postoperative care; Sarcopenia; Secondary prevention of falls

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DELIRIUM; FALLING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING; AGED; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SECONDARY PREVENTION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84897957013     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2014.01.018     Document Type: Review

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