Two-Item Fall Screening Tool Identifies Older Adults at Increased Risk of Falling after Emergency Department Visit

INTRODUCTION: Few emergency department (ED)-specific fall-risk screening tools exist. The goals of this study were to externally validate Tiedemann et al’s two-item, ED-specific fall screening tool and test handgrip strength to determine their ability to predict future falls. We hypothesized that bo...

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Publicado en:West J Emerg Med
Main Authors: Solie, Christopher J., Swanson, Morgan B., Harland, Kari, Blum, Christopher, Kin, Kevin, Mohr, Nicholas
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2020
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Geriatrics
Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7514384/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32970586
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2020.5.46991
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