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Falls following discharge after an in-hospital fall

BACKGROUND: Falls are among the most common adverse events reported in hospitalized patients. While there is a growing body of literature on fall prevention in the hospital, the data examining the fall rate and risk factors for falls in the immediate post-hospitalization period has not been well des...

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Autores principales: Davenport, Rick D, Vaidean, Georgeta D, Jones, Carol B, Chandler, A Michelle, Kessler, Lori A, Mion, Lorraine C, Shorr, Ronald I
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2790437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19951431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-53