Medication and medical diagnosis as risk factors for falls in older hospitalized patients.

Objective: To examine the impact of medication and medical conditions on the fall risk in older hospitalized patients. Design: Matched case-control study. Setting: Large regional hospital in a mid-sized German city. Subjects: Four hundred eighty-one inpatients aged ≥ 65 years who fell during hospita...

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Published in:European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Vol. 75; no. 8; pp. 1117 - 1125
Main Authors: Wedmann, Fabian, Himmel, Wolfgang, Nau, Roland
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Aug2019
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