Underevaluation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients With Nonaccidental Falls

Background: The incidence of adult patients with falls seeking medical assistance in the Salt Lake City area, Utah, is 28,000 per million adult inhabitants. Objective: We sought to evaluate the prevalence of cardiovascular risk assessment and cardiovascular abnormalities in patients presenting with...

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Main Authors: Marcos Daccarett MD, MSc, Michele Brignole MD, Gangadhar R. Malasana MD, Randall P. Sherwood MBA, Tawni L. Jetter APRN, Mohamed H. Hamdan MD, MBA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-07-01
Series:Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2150131911405212