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Mechanical Falls: Are Patients Willing To Discuss Their Risk With A Health Care Provider?, Marna Greenberg, Michael Nguyen, Brian Stello, Arnold Goldberg, Robert Barraco, Bernadette Glenn-Porter, Anita Kurt, Stephen Dusza, Bryan Kane Aug 2015

Mechanical Falls: Are Patients Willing To Discuss Their Risk With A Health Care Provider?, Marna Greenberg, Michael Nguyen, Brian Stello, Arnold Goldberg, Robert Barraco, Bernadette Glenn-Porter, Anita Kurt, Stephen Dusza, Bryan Kane

Bryan G Kane MD

Background: Falls in the elderly cause serious injury. Objective: We aimed to determine subjects’ comfort in discussing fall risk and home safety evaluations. Methods: This prospective study surveyed a convenience sample of subjects ($50 years old) in an emergency department (ED), health fair (HF), and family practice (FP). The survey included the Falls Efficacy Scale and Vulnerable Elders Survey—validated surveys measuring fall concern and functional decline. Other data—environmental living conditions, participant behaviors, fall frequency—were collected. The associations between perceived fall risk and participant characteristics were assessed using descriptive statistics and random-effects logistic regression. Results: Participants (n = 416, 38% males, …


Practice Management Guidelines For The Diagnosis And Management Of Injury In The Pregnant Patient: The East Practice Management Guidelines Work Group, Robert Barraco, William Chiu, Thomas Clancy, John Como, James Ebert, L Hess, William Hoff, Michele Holevar, J Quirk, Bruce J Simon, Patrice Weiss Mar 2015

Practice Management Guidelines For The Diagnosis And Management Of Injury In The Pregnant Patient: The East Practice Management Guidelines Work Group, Robert Barraco, William Chiu, Thomas Clancy, John Como, James Ebert, L Hess, William Hoff, Michele Holevar, J Quirk, Bruce J Simon, Patrice Weiss

Robert D Barraco MD, MPH

Trauma during pregnancy has presented very unique challenges over the centuries. From the first report of Ambrose Pare of a gunshot wound to the uterus in the 1600s to the present, there have existed controversies and inconsistencies in diagnosis, management, prognostics, and outcome. Anxiety is heightened by the addition of another, smaller patient. Trauma affects 7% of all pregnancies and requires admission in 4 of 1000 pregnancies. The incidence increases with advancing gestational age. Just over half of trauma during pregnancy occurs in the third trimester. Motor vehicle crashes comprise 50% of these traumas, and falls and assaults account for …


Mechanical Falls: Are Patients Willing To Discuss Their Risk With A Health Care Provider?, Marna Greenberg, Michael Nguyen, Brian Stello, Arnold Goldberg, Robert Barraco, Bernadette Glenn-Porter, Anita Kurt, Stephen Dusza, Bryan Kane Mar 2015

Mechanical Falls: Are Patients Willing To Discuss Their Risk With A Health Care Provider?, Marna Greenberg, Michael Nguyen, Brian Stello, Arnold Goldberg, Robert Barraco, Bernadette Glenn-Porter, Anita Kurt, Stephen Dusza, Bryan Kane

Robert D Barraco MD, MPH

Background: Falls in the elderly cause serious injury. Objective: We aimed to determine subjects’ comfort in discussing fall risk and home safety evaluations. Methods: This prospective study surveyed a convenience sample of subjects ($50 years old) in an emergency department (ED), health fair (HF), and family practice (FP). The survey included the Falls Efficacy Scale and Vulnerable Elders Survey—validated surveys measuring fall concern and functional decline. Other data—environmental living conditions, participant behaviors, fall frequency—were collected. The associations between perceived fall risk and participant characteristics were assessed using descriptive statistics and random-effects logistic regression. Results: Participants (n = 416, 38% males, …


Geriatric Nutrition, Robert Barraco Mar 2015

Geriatric Nutrition, Robert Barraco

Robert D Barraco MD, MPH

No abstract provided.


Mechanical Falls: Are Patients Willing To Discuss Their Risk With A Health Care Provider?, Marna Greenberg, Michael Nguyen, Brian Stello, Arnold Goldberg, Robert Barraco, Bernadette Glenn-Porter, Anita Kurt, Stephen Dusza, Bryan Kane Jan 2015

Mechanical Falls: Are Patients Willing To Discuss Their Risk With A Health Care Provider?, Marna Greenberg, Michael Nguyen, Brian Stello, Arnold Goldberg, Robert Barraco, Bernadette Glenn-Porter, Anita Kurt, Stephen Dusza, Bryan Kane

Marna R Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP

Background: Falls in the elderly cause serious injury. Objective: We aimed to determine subjects’ comfort in discussing fall risk and home safety evaluations. Methods: This prospective study surveyed a convenience sample of subjects ($50 years old) in an emergency department (ED), health fair (HF), and family practice (FP). The survey included the Falls Efficacy Scale and Vulnerable Elders Survey—validated surveys measuring fall concern and functional decline. Other data—environmental living conditions, participant behaviors, fall frequency—were collected. The associations between perceived fall risk and participant characteristics were assessed using descriptive statistics and random-effects logistic regression. Results: Participants (n = 416, 38% males, …