Screening for Injurious Falls in Acute Care Hospitals
Screening for Injurious Falls in Acute Care Hospitals
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Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a business of Wolters Kluwer Health
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English
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Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a business of Wolters Kluwer Health
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BACKGROUNDInjurious fall is a serious hospital-acquired condition. Screening tools for injurious falls in hospitalized patients have received limited evaluation.
OBJECTIVETo compare operating characteristics of a succinct screening tool for injurious falls, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) screening tool (based on mobility, fal...
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Screening for Injurious Falls in Acute Care Hospitals
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1312174446
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1312174446
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1549-8417
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1549-8425
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10.1097/PTS.0b013e3182750bad
