Incidence of falls in a general hospital in southern Brazil

Aline Tsuma Gaedke Nomura; Murilo Dos Santos Graeff; Lisiane Pruinelli; Miriam De Abreu Almeida

doi:10.3233/SHTI190625

Incidence of falls in a general hospital in southern Brazil

Aline Tsuma Gaedke Nomura, Murilo Dos Santos Graeff, Lisiane Pruinelli, Miriam De Abreu Almeida

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Abstract

Understanding the multifactorial dimension of fall risk contributes to the search for better preventive interventions. The objective of this study was to identify the events types and the most frequent causes related to falls in adults and newborns. In the included period, 378 falls occurred. Understanding the predictive factors for the occurrence of falls has the potential to guarantee better safety for the patient.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	MEDINFO 2019
Subtitle of host publication	Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics
Editors	Brigitte Seroussi, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Brigitte Seroussi
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	1741-1742
Number of pages	2
Volume	264
ISBN (Electronic)	9781643680026
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI190625
State	Published - Aug 21 2019
Event	17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2019 - Lyon, France Duration: Aug 25 2019 → Aug 30 2019

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Name	Studies in health technology and informatics
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630

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Conference	17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2019
Country/Territory	France
City	Lyon
Period	8/25/19 → 8/30/19

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© 2019 International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and IOS Press. This article is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Keywords

Accidental Falls
Electronic Health Records
Nursing Informatics
Hospitals, General
Humans
Risk Factors
Brazil
Incidence

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Nomura, A. T. G., Dos Santos Graeff, M., Pruinelli, L., & De Abreu Almeida, M. (2019). Incidence of falls in a general hospital in southern Brazil. In B. Seroussi, L. Ohno-Machado, L. Ohno-Machado, & B. Seroussi (Eds.), MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (Vol. 264, pp. 1741-1742). (Studies in health technology and informatics). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI190625

Incidence of falls in a general hospital in southern Brazil. / Nomura, Aline Tsuma Gaedke; Dos Santos Graeff, Murilo; Pruinelli, Lisiane et al.
MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. ed. / Brigitte Seroussi; Lucila Ohno-Machado; Lucila Ohno-Machado; Brigitte Seroussi. Vol. 264 IOS Press, 2019. p. 1741-1742 (Studies in health technology and informatics).

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Nomura, ATG, Dos Santos Graeff, M, Pruinelli, L & De Abreu Almeida, M 2019, Incidence of falls in a general hospital in southern Brazil. in B Seroussi, L Ohno-Machado, L Ohno-Machado & B Seroussi (eds), MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. vol. 264, Studies in health technology and informatics, IOS Press, pp. 1741-1742, 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2019, Lyon, France, 8/25/19. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI190625

Nomura ATG, Dos Santos Graeff M, Pruinelli L, De Abreu Almeida M. Incidence of falls in a general hospital in southern Brazil. In Seroussi B, Ohno-Machado L, Ohno-Machado L, Seroussi B, editors, MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. Vol. 264. IOS Press. 2019. p. 1741-1742. (Studies in health technology and informatics). doi: 10.3233/SHTI190625

Nomura, Aline Tsuma Gaedke ; Dos Santos Graeff, Murilo ; Pruinelli, Lisiane et al. / Incidence of falls in a general hospital in southern Brazil. MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. editor / Brigitte Seroussi ; Lucila Ohno-Machado ; Lucila Ohno-Machado ; Brigitte Seroussi. Vol. 264 IOS Press, 2019. pp. 1741-1742 (Studies in health technology and informatics).

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