Citation

González Ramírez A, Calvo Aguirre JJ, Lekuona Ancizar P, González Oliveras JL, Marcellán Benavente T, Ruiz de Gordoa Armendia A, Salvá Casanovas A, Alcalde Tirado P, González Alonso T, Padilla Clemente R, Clerencia Sierra M, Ubis Diez E. Rev. Esp. Geriatr. Gerontol. 2013; 48(1): 30-38.

Vernacular Title

El fenómeno de las caídas en residencias e instituciones: revisión del Grupo de Trabajo de Osteoporosis, Caídas y Fracturas de la Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología (GCOF-SEGG).

Affiliation

Facultativo especialista en Geriatría, Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital General de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, España. Electronic address: alfonsogr@segg.es.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.regg.2011.09.007

PMID

23218786

Abstract

The Workshop on Osteoporosis, Falls and Fractures (GCOF) of The Spanish Geriatrics and Gerontology Society (SEGG) formed a committee in order to review the state of the art on the detection, risk factors and assessment tools for falls, and intervention protocols when falls occurs in nursing homes, long-term hospitals or medium-stay units. The different patient profiles are described in order to make a comprehensive approach to this heterogeneous topic and population, offering a risk classification and specific advice according to these categories.

Language: es