Hot off the press: Assessing older adult fall risk in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 121-123

  Milne, William K ^a   Choo, Esther K ^b   Carpenter, Christopher R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84920837863     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12550     Document Type: Review

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