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Instruments for assessing the risk of falls in acute hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Falls are a serious problem for hospitalized patients, reducing the duration and quality of life. It is estimated that over 84% of all adverse events in hospitalized patients are related to falls. Some fall risk assessment tools have been developed and tested in environments other than t...

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Autores principales: Aranda-Gallardo, Marta, Morales-Asencio, Jose M, Canca-Sanchez, Jose C, Barrero-Sojo, Silvia, Perez-Jimenez, Claudia, Morales-Fernandez, Angeles, de Luna-Rodriguez, Margarita Enriquez, Moya-Suarez, Ana B, Mora-Banderas, Ana M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23547708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-122