Characteristics of elderly patients attended in an emergency room due to falls.
Sabrina Daros TiensoliMerielle Lúcia Dos SantosAlexandra Dias MoreiraAllana Dos Reis CorrêaFlávia Sampaio Latini GomesPublished in: Revista gaucha de enfermagem (2019)
The characteristics of the elderly were: female, age above 80 years old, single, and hypertensive. The most frequent type of fall was from ground level, traumas were the main consequences and the discharge after consulting the most common outcome.