Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Number of tasks in the 'get up and go' test completed
Number of risk factors for fall present
Probability of fall
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Purpose: To identify an elderly hospital patients at risk for falls using the screening protocol of Salgado et al.
Specialty: Surgery, orthopedic, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Surgery, general
Objective: risk factors, disability and performance, quality of life, public health
ICD-10: W01, W19, W06,
