Risk Factors for new accidental falls in elderly patients at traumatology ambulatory center

• Main Authors: Daiane Porto Gautério (Author), Bruna Zortea (Author), Silvana Sidney Costa Santos (Author), Bárbara da Silva Tarouco (Author), Manoel José Lopes (Author), Cesar João Fonseca (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad de Antioquia, 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To identify the risks factors for new accidental falls in elderly patients attended in the Traumatology Ambulatory of a University hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Methodology. Quantitative study of the type of multiple cases. Performed at the traumatology ambulatory, amongst fiftee...