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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |