Medication use and fall-risk assessment for falls in an acute care hospital

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 856-863

  Chiu, Ming Huang ^a,b   Lee, Hsin Dai ^a,c   Hwang, Hei Fen ^d   Wang, Shih Chieh ^a   Lin, Mau Roung ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Falls; Hospital; Medication use; Older patients; Psychotropics

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; FACE INJURY; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHARMACY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84933523094     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12359     Document Type: Article

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