Elderly victims of falls seen by prehospital care: gender differences

• Glavni autori: William Campo Meschial (Autor), Dorotéia Fátima Pelissari de Paula Soares (Autor), Nelson Luiz Batista de Oliveira (Autor), Alice Milani Nespollo (Autor), Wesley Alexandre da Silva (Autor), Fernando Luiz de Paula Santil (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: To identify elderly who are victims of falls, according to gender, who received care from prehospital services of Maringá, Paraná. METHODS: A cross-sectional exploratory study carried out with 1,444 elderly patients who suffered falls in Maringá in the period from 2006 to 2008. Data we...