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Associations between hyponatraemia, volume depletion and the risk of falls in US hospitalised patients: a case–control study

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine if abnormal laboratory values which may indicate volume depletion are associated with increased odds of experiencing a hospital-acquired fall. DESIGN: Matched case–control study. SETTING: Four hospitals located in the Southeast USA. PARTICIPANTS: Data from 699 adult...

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Autores principales: Fehlberg, Elizabeth A, Lucero, Robert J, Weaver, Michael T, McDaniel, Anna M, Chandler, A Michelle, Richey, Phyllis A, Mion, Lorraine C, Shorr, Ronald I
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/PMC5724091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28790043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017045