Falls in elderly patients are not treated according to national recommendations.
CONCLUSIONS: Only few fall patients were screened according to DHA recommendations. ED staff´s adherence to guidelines concerning fall risk assessment is poor. Fall patients in a socioeconomically deprived area were younger and had higher fracture and heart failure incidences.
FUNDING: This study received funding from the public Regional Research Foundation, Region Zealand, Denmark.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: not relevant.
PMID: 29115205 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Danish Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: Dan Med J Source Type: research
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