title: Serious fall injuries in hospitalized patients with and without cancer.
abstract: Characteristics of adults hospitalized with and without cancer were compared to determine factors of serious injuries after fall events. More patients with cancer who had a serious injury received corticosteroids (P = .005) and were treated on a palliative care floor. More patients without cancer had higher prevalence of stroke (P = .026) and diabetes (P = .041) history and were treated on a surgical floor. Future research is needed to identify interventions that could prevent serious injuries after fall events.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. caponel@ccf.org
authors.forename: Luann J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Capone
authors.forename: Nancy M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bena
authors.forename: Anne S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones