Developing a multidisciplinary fall reduction program for lower-extremity joint arthroplasty patients

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 853-864

  Kim, T Edward ^a,b   Mariano, Edward R ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall prevention; Fall reduction; Patient safety; Regional anesthesia; Total joint replacement

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALARM MONITORING; ARTHROPLASTY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT ARTHROPLASTY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORSE FALL SCALE; MULTIDISCIPLINARY FALL REDUCTION PROGRAM; NURSE; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TEAMWORK; WORKER; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84927731430     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: 22103538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2014.08.005     Document Type: Review

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