Managing older adults with ground-level falls admitted to a trauma service: The effect of frailty

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 745-749

  Joseph, Bellal ^a   Pandit, Viraj ^a   Khalil, Mazhar ^a   Kulvatunyou, Narong ^a   Zangbar, Bardiya ^a   Friese, Randall S ^a   Mohler, M Jane ^a,b   Fain, Mindy J ^a,b   Rhee, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

discharge disposition; fractures; frailty; ground level falls; outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GROUND LEVEL FALL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84928437107     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13338     Document Type: Article

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