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Accidental fall

Accidental fall has been studied in 6 papers since 2021: 6 observational studies in people. The newest paper, Mar 14, 2023: “Falls and fractures in the acute care setting: A retrospective cohort study”.

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“Fall was the most common mechanism of injury (n = 4757, 76%) with mortality rate of 46.5% at long-term follow-up; motor vehicle crash (MVC) (n = 1212, 19%) had long-term mortality of 27.6%.”
Unseen Burden of Injury: Post-Hospitalization Mortality in Geriatric Trauma PatientsThe American surgeon2021doi:10.1177/00031348211046886

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Humans6

What is Accidental fall linked with?

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Studies link Accidental fall with 1 measure, most often mortality (1 study).

Mortality

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1 study

  1. Accidental fall is associated with mortality in humans (46.5% vs 27.6%).

    “Fall was the most common mechanism of injury (n = 4757, 76%) with mortality rate of 46.5% at long-term follow-up; motor vehicle crash (MVC) (n = 1212, 19%) had long-term mortality of 27.6%.”

    Humansfall vs motor vehicle crashn = 6,289

    Unseen Burden of Injury: Post-Hospitalization Mortality in Geriatric Trauma Patients

    The American surgeon

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