Accidental Falls
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Using a national longitudinal sample of nursing homes residents (N = 264,068), we examine whether physical restraint use contributes to subsequent physical or psychological health decline. METHODS: The minimum data set, the on-line ... Read more...

Implementation of evidence-based prevention of falls in rehabilitation units: a staff's interactive approach.

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...

Wicked problems in designing healthcare facilities.

29 Sep 2009 The design process for new healthcare facilities presents many wicked problems for nurse leaders with a number of stakeholders, a myriad of opinions, and numerous options to consider. This bimonthly department expands nurse leaders' knowledge and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Accidental Falls'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes. 30 Oct 2009
• Fall incidence and fall risk factors in people with rheumatoid arthritis. 30 Oct 2009
• 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
• Wicked problems in designing healthcare facilities. 29 Sep 2009
• Fall prevention with supplemental and active forms of vitamin D: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. 29 Sep 2009
• Traumatic enucleation with avulsion of the ophthalmic artery resulting in aneurysm-like subarachnoid hemorrhage. 29 Sep 2009
• Traumatic eye swelling. Subconjunctival and orbital emphysema with orbital floor fracture. 29 Sep 2009
• Relationship between bone, fracture, and exercise: the key role of vitamin D. 26 Sep 2009
• Upper limbs dysmetria caused by cervical spinal cord injury: a case report. 22 Sep 2009
• REFINE (Reducing Falls in In-patient Elderly)--a randomised controlled trial. 8 Sep 2009
• [What is your diagnosis. Myopathy due to hypothyroidism aggravated by amiodarone] 7 Sep 2009
• Cardiac rhythm disturbance in a depressed patient after implantation with a vagus nerve stimulator. 30 Aug 2009
• Carotid sinus hypersensitivity is common in patients presenting with hip fracture and unexplained falls. 30 Aug 2009
• [Risk factors for falls in diabetics and measures for prevention] 30 Aug 2009
• The accuracy of individual Berg Balance Scale items compared with the total Berg score for classifying people with chronic stroke according to fall history. 30 Aug 2009
• Rock climbing injuries treated in emergency departments in the U.S., 1990-2007. 30 Aug 2009
• Water park injuries. 30 Aug 2009
• Torticollis manifest after a minor fall with underlying bony anomalies and a hypoplastic vertebral artery. 30 Aug 2009
• Eye on the elderly. Screening for hearing loss, risk of falls: a hassle-free approach. 30 Aug 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