In hospital fall risk:
Prevention through proper identification
Franklin Danger, M.D.
Philip Mendis, D.O.
Hang Tran, D.O.
Disclosure
We have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program/presentation.
Introduction
What we know
VS
What we don't know
Epidemiology of Falls @ SMMH
Fall prevention
via proper identification
Screen
Evaluate
Treat
Sources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Web–based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [online]. Accessed August 15, 2013.
National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS), National Center for Health Statistics. Health Data Interactive, Health Care Use and Expenditures. www.cdc.gov/nchs/hdi.htm. Accessed 21 December 2012.
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Vellas BJ, Wayne SJ, Romero LJ, Baumgartner RN, Garry PJ. Fear of falling and restriction of mobility in elderly fallers. Age and Ageing 1997;26:189–193.
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