Injuries and Outcomes of Ground-level Falls Among Older Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Study Objective: We sought to determine the overall rates of traumatic injuries and whether the rates of traumatic injuries and various clinical outcomes differed among older patients presenting to a tertiary-care emergency department (ED) after a ground-level fall (GLF) and who underwent whole-body...
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| Main Authors: | Vincent Kan, Wilson Huang, Gretta Steigauf-Regan, Jill Anderson, Ivy Dang, Chad Darling |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9xf0v85g |
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