Identifying protective and risk factors for injurious falls in patients hospitalized for acute care: a retrospective case-control study

BACKGROUND: Admitted patients who fall and injure themselves during an acute hospitalization incur increased costs, morbidity, and mortality, but little research has been conducted on identifying inpatients at high risk to injure themselves in a fall. Falls risk assessment tools have been unsuccessf...

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Autores principales: Aryee, Emmanuel, James, Spencer L., Hunt, Guenola M., Ryder, Hilary F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29115921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0627-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29115921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0627-9

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