Open Journal of Internal Medicine

Vol.8 No.4(2018), Paper ID 89329, 12 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojim.2018.84021

 

Risk Factors for Fall in Elderly Patients: Follow-Up Study after Hospital Discharge

 

Pedro Caetano, João Freitas, Carla Brandão, Tiago Teófilo, Inês Campos, Jorge Laíns, Manuel Veríssimo

 

Rehabilitation Medicine Centre—Rovisco Pais, Tocha, Portugal
Department of Reumatology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Coimbra, Portugal
Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Coimbra, Portugal
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hospital Central do Funchal, Funchal, Portugal
Rehabilitation Medicine Centre—Rovisco Pais, Tocha, Portugal
Rehabilitation Medicine Centre—Rovisco Pais, Tocha, Portugal
Department of Reumatology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Coimbra, Portugal

 

Copyright © 2018 Pedro Caetano, João Freitas, Carla Brandão, Tiago Teófilo, Inês Campos, Jorge Laíns, Manuel Veríssimo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Caetano, P. , Freitas, J. , Brandão, C. , Teófilo, T. , Campos, I. , Laíns, J. and Veríssimo, M. (2018) Risk Factors for Fall in Elderly Patients: Follow-Up Study after Hospital Discharge. Open Journal of Internal Medicine, 8, 220-231. doi: 10.4236/ojim.2018.84021.

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