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Fall risk and prevention agreement: engaging patients and families with a partnership for patient safety
SIGNIFICANCE AND BACKGROUND: Falls are multifactorial in medical oncology units and are potentiated by an older adult’s response to anxiolytics, opiates and chemotherapy protocols. In addition, the oncology patient is at an increased risk for injury from a fall due to coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5699193/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29450267 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000038 |