A population-based study of 2347 fall-related injuries among older people in a Finnish emergency department.
Saara K SoukolaEsa R K JämsenSatu-Liisa K PauniahoMika Tapani UkkonenPublished in: European geriatric medicine (2020)
Fall-related injuries are a significant health issue. Almost one in eight of all ED visits were fall-related, and 24% of patients had recurrent fall-related injuries. The risk of subsequent injury was high during the first month after the first injury, emphasizing the need to intervene with the fall risk promptly.