Background & Purpose: Falls amongst the elderly are a global problem in health care. Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury and the most common cause of non-fatal trauma-related hospital admissions among the elderly population. An assisted-living facility had continuously experienced falls amo...
When an enclosed bed was used in patient care, family members did not always make sure the bed rails were secured or that enclosure was fully zipped and closed. Additionally 31% of the time falls occurred when the patient was alone in the room when a family member briefly stepped away. ...
Post implementation the average annual number of inpatient falls decreased by 50%.doi:10.5430/jha.v2n2p38Cheryl CioffiJennifer PlumadoreKaren ClarkJournal of Hospital Administration
Purpose: This project confirmed how empowering and educating nurses plays a key role in positive change. When faced with the need to decrease the use and the cost of close observers (sitters), this team achieved their goal without showing an increase in patient falls or restraint use. Significa...
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Bedeutung des PSA-Abfalls unter laufender SRT als Selektionskriterium für eine Dosiserhöhung auf 70,2 Gy untersucht. Patienten und Methode: Zwischen 1997 und 2007 wurden 301 Patienten mit Prostatakarzinom nach radikaler Prostatektomie an der Charité ...
Keeping Our Newborns Safe: Effectively Decreasing the Rate of Neonatal Falls During the Postpartum Period [344]Affective decision makingChildren’s Gambling TaskCognitive complexityAwarenessRelational complexity theoryCognitive developmentIn-hospital fall prevention is a safety concern that has been re...
Among well-nourished older adults at risk of vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D3 supplementation has been shown to reduce fall risk in epidemiologic studies. Malnutrition is also associated with a greater incidence of falls, but whether general nutritional intervention can affect fall risk in ...
摘要: Author information: (1)Fallsview Psychiatric Hospital, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.DOI: 10.3928/0279-3695-19890701-10 被引量: 22 年份: 1989 收藏 引用 批量引用 报错 分享 全部来源 求助全文 Semantic Scholar 万方医学 NCBI NCBI ProQuest 查看更多 相似文献 引证文献...
Articles were retrieved that focused on fall interventions in the hospital setting. An analysis was performed based on levels of evidence using an integrative review process. Multifactorial fall prevention intervention programs included fall-risk assessments, fall-risk alerts, environmental and equipment ...
The number of hospital admissions decreased by 12% during the period 1998-2004, mostly from a reduction in male incidence. The median (SD) age at admission was 28 (22) years for men and 51 (26) years for women. The two major mechanisms of injury were falls on the same level (48%)...