Inclusion of medication-related fall risk in fall risk assessment tool in geriatric care units

BACKGROUND: Falls are common undesirable events for older adults in institutions. Even though the patient’s fall risk may be scored on admission, the medication-induced fall risk may be ignored. This study developed a preliminary categorization of fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) to be added as a...

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Autores principales: Michalcova, Jana, Vasut, Karel, Airaksinen, Marja, Bielakova, Katarina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7648375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33158417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01845-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7648375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33158417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01845-9

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