Journal article
Clinical Predictors of Intracranial Bleeding in Older Adults Who Have Fallen: A Cohort Study
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Emergency department (ED) visits among older adults are frequently instigated by a fall at home. Some of these patients develop intracranial bleeding. The aim of this study was to identify the incidence of intracranial bleeding and the associated clinical features in older adults who present to the ED after falling.
DESIGN: Prospective cohort study.
Authors
de Wit K; Parpia S; Varner C; Worster A; McLeod S; Clayton N; Kearon C; Mercuri M
Journal
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 68, No. 5, pp. 970–976
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
May 2020
DOI
10.1111/jgs.16338
ISSN
0002-8614