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Aging Gracefully - Orthocon 2021, Masood Umer, Haroon Ur Rashid, Rizwan Haroon Rashid
Aging Gracefully - Orthocon 2021, Masood Umer, Haroon Ur Rashid, Rizwan Haroon Rashid
Section of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Prevention Of Falls In Hospital: Audit Report From A Tertiary Care Hospital Of Pakistan, Anum Sadruddin Pidani, Tashfeen Ahmad, Nasreen Panjwani, Shahryar Noordin
Prevention Of Falls In Hospital: Audit Report From A Tertiary Care Hospital Of Pakistan, Anum Sadruddin Pidani, Tashfeen Ahmad, Nasreen Panjwani, Shahryar Noordin
Department of Surgery
Objective: The study aims to assess the fall incidents in past 5 years and fall assessment practices at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
Methods: We performed a single-center retrospective audit at Aga Khan University Hospital from October 2019 to December 2019. A list of all patients admitted to Aga Khan University Hospital under the Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine Service Line was obtained using the Hospital Information Management System (HIMS) from Jan 2017 to June 2018. Data including fall assessment scores was collected retrospectively from medical record files.
Results: A total of 1499 patients were admitted during this time period, …