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Falls

  • Tinetti ME. Preventing Falls in Elderly Persons. N Engl J Med. 2003;348:42-49.
  • Tinetti ME. Falls, injuries due to falls, and the risk of admission to a nursing home. N. Engl J Med. 1997;337:1279-531.
  • Hanger HC, Ball MC, Wood LA. An analysis of falls in the hospital: Can we do without bedrails? JAGS. 1999;47:529-531.
  • Ganz DA, Bao Y, Shekelle PG, Rubenstein LZ. Will my patient fall? JAMA. 2007;297:77-86
  • Gillespie LD, Robertson MC, Gillespie WJ, Lamb SE, Gates S, Cumming RG, Rowe BH.  Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community. Cochrane database systematic review. 2009;15:CD007146
  • Salminen MJ, Vahlberg TJ, Salognja MT, Aarino PTT, Livelä SL.  Effect of a risk based multifactorial fall prevention program on the incidence of falls.  J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009;57:612-19.
  • Woolcott JC et al.Meta-analysis of the Impact of 9 Medication Classes on Falls in Elderly Persons. Arch Intern Med 2009;169(21):1952-1960.

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