Fall Risk News Archive
Increased Risk of Hip Fracture in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Analysis of data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), the largest all-payer health care database in the United States, documented that hip fracture prevalence in people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is 2.844 times greater than age-matched controls. A retrospective cohort analysis of 20 years of data from the NIS
Hospital-Acquired Delirium Linked to Inpatient Falls
An inter-regional data review demonstrated a relationship between hospital-related falls and delirium at Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) hospitals. Hospitalized older adults are vulnerable to developing geriatric syndromes, including delirium, which occurs in 1 in 6 older adults hospitalized for medical re