title: Incidence and prognostic implications of falls associated with acute medical illness: a medical inpatient study.
abstract: Falls are associated with a wide range of acute medical illness across all ages. They have prognostic implications, and screening for falls on admission can help identify those patients who are likely to have an adverse hospital outcome and may benefit from more intense levels of care.
authors.affiliation: King's Mill Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vassallo
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis