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Accidental Falls - Prevention & control
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Definition of 'Accidental Falls'Falls due to slipping or tripping which result in injury. Common names: Accidental Falls; Falls, Accidental; Accidental Fall; Fall, Accidental |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
30 Oct 2009 
OBJECTIVE: To provide strategies to assist healthcare professionals in the area of rehabilitation to improve prevention of falls. DESIGN: A conceptual framework is described as a foundation for the proposal of 2 intertwined strategies, of ... Read more...
29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To test the efficacy of supplemental vitamin D and active forms of vitamin D with or without calcium in preventing falls among older individuals. DATA SOURCES: We searched Medline, the Cochrane central register of controlled trials, ... Read more...
REFINE (Reducing Falls in In-patient Elderly)--a randomised controlled trial.
8 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Falls in hospitals are common, resulting in injury and anxiety to patients, and large costs to NHS organisations. More than half of all in-patient falls in elderly people in acute care settings occur at the bedside, during transfers or ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Accidental Falls - Prevention & control'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Implementation of evidence-based prevention of falls in rehabilitation units: a staff's interactive approach. 30 Oct 2009
- Reducing falls among outpatients: a volunteer transports patients from the parking lot to their exercise programs.
30 Oct 2009 - Fall prevention with supplemental and active forms of vitamin D: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. 29 Sep 2009
- Relationship between bone, fracture, and exercise: the key role of vitamin D. 26 Sep 2009
- REFINE (Reducing Falls in In-patient Elderly)--a randomised controlled trial. 8 Sep 2009
- [Risk factors for falls in diabetics and measures for prevention] 30 Aug 2009
- Eye on the elderly. Screening for hearing loss, risk of falls: a hassle-free approach. 30 Aug 2009
- Pacing in elderly recurrent fallers with carotid sinus hypersensitivity. 30 Aug 2009
- Bedrail use in English and Welsh hospitals. 19 Aug 2009
- Baseline and follow-up characteristics of participants and nonparticipants in a randomized clinical trial of multifactorial fall prevention in Denmark. 11 Aug 2009
- Can cognitive enhancers reduce the risk of falls in older people with mild cognitive impairment? A protocol for a randomised controlled double blind trial. 10 Aug 2009
- Improving the treatment of major osteoporotic fractures. 2 Aug 2009
- Dematuration. 30 Jul 2009
- Older people and falls: health status, quality of life, lifestyle, care networks, prevention and views on service use following a recent fall. 30 Jul 2009
- Fall prevention interventions in acute care settings: the Rhode Island Hospital experience. 30 Jul 2009
- Effect of an acute care geriatric educational program on fall rates and nurse work satisfaction. 30 Jul 2009
- Inpatient falls: the impact of family and personal caregivers. 30 Jul 2009
- Creating an estate for a 'critical consumer'. 30 Jul 2009
- Cost-effectiveness in fall prevention for older women. 30 Jul 2009
- Reducing risk of falling in older people discharged from hospital: a randomized controlled trial comparing seated exercises, weight-bearing exercises, and social visits. 30 Jul 2009
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Technical information about 'Accidental Falls'
Definition: Falls due to slipping or tripping which result in injury.
Descriptor UI: D000058
Alternative terms: Accidental Falls; Falls, Accidental; Accidental Fall; Fall, Accidental;
Allowable Qualifiers: economics; mortality; prevention & control; statistics & numerical data;
Tree Number: N06.850.135.122;
History Note: 91(87); was see under ACCIDENTS 1987-90
Technical Notes: coord IM with specific inj (IM) if pertinent