Geriatric fall-related injuries

Geriatric hospitalizations in fall-related injuries

BACKGROUND To investigate the injury pattern, severity, and mortality of elderly patients hospitalized for treatment of trauma following fall accidents. METHODS Data obtained from the Trauma Registry System were retrospectively reviewed for trauma admissions between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2013 in a Level I trauma center. Of 16,548 registered patients, detailed information was retrie...

Epidemiology of falls and fall-related injuries

Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities.

* The reporting of most sentinel events to The Joint Commission is voluntary and represents only a small proportion of actual events. Therefore, these data are not an epidemiologic data set and no conclusions should be drawn about the actual relative frequency of events or trends in events over time. Published for Joint Commission accredited organizations and interested health care professional...

Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in hospitals.

Falls are a widespread concern in hospitals settings, with whole hospital rates of between 3 and 5 falls per 1000 bed-days representing around a million inpatient falls occurring in the United States each year. Between 1% and 3% of falls in hospitals result in fracture, but even minor injuries can cause distress and delay rehabilitation. Risk factors most consistently found in the inpatient pop...

Systematic reviews on preventing fall-related injuries in older people.

Falls are a common cause of injury in older people. Injuries caused by falls, such as broken bones or head injury, may result in disability, premature death, or a lower quality of life. Three systematic reviews currently published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older adults. One of thes...