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Clinical Audit as a Quality Improvement Tool in Measurements of Lying and Standing Blood Pressure for Elderly Patients Admitted With a Hip Fracture

Background: Around one in three adults aged 65 years and over will have a fall at home within a one-year period. Falls are estimated to cost the NHS more than £2.3 billion per year. The National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines recommend older people who present for medic...

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Autores principales: Okereke, Isaac C, Mmerem, Kingsley, Aly, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8412212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34513388
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16781