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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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Autores principales: Vonnes, Cassandra, Wolf, Darcy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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