Frailty is associated with a history with more falls in elderly hospitalised patients

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Schultz, Martin ^a   Rosted, Elizabeth ^b   Sanders, Suzanne ^b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AMAGER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY WARD; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAILTY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; WEAKNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 84931421362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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