Geriatric screening, fall characteristics and 3- and 12 months adverse outcomes in older patients visiting the emergency department with a fall

BACKGROUND: Falls in older Emergency Department (ED) patients may indicate underlying frailty. Geriatric follow-up might help improve outcomes in addition to managing the direct cause and consequence of the fall. We aimed to study whether fall characteristics and the result of geriatric screening in...

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Autores principales: Blomaard, Laura C., Mooijaart, Simon P., van Meer, Leonie J., Leander, Julia, Lucke, Jacinta A., de Gelder, Jelle, Anten, Sander, Gussekloo, Jacobijn, de Groot, Bas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7934471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33663559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-021-00859-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7934471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33663559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-021-00859-5

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