The impact of first-and second-eye cataract surgery on injurious falls that require hospitalisation: A whole-population study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 341-346

  Meuleners, Lynn B ^a   Fraser, Michelle Louise ^a   Ng, Jonathan ^b   Morlet, Nigel ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cataract surgery; Falls; Injury; Older people

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERY ELDERLY; AUSTRALIA; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY SCALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VISION DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84901631286     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft177     Document Type: Article

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