"Accidental Falls" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Falls due to slipping or tripping which may result in injury.
| Descriptor ID |
D000058
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.135.122
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| Concept/Terms |
Accidental Falls- Accidental Falls
- Falls
- Falling
- Falls, Accidental
- Accidental Fall
- Fall, Accidental
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Accidental Falls" by people in Profiles.
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Falls Prevention for Older Adults. JAMA. 2024 04 23; 331(16):1409-1410.
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Case 11-2024: An 82-Year-Old Woman with Falls and Cognitive Decline. N Engl J Med. 2024 Apr 11; 390(14):1312-1322.
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Electronic Health Record Interoperability-Why Electronically Discontinued Medications Are Still Dispensed. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 10 01; 181(10):1383-1384.
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Secondary Fracture Prevention: Consensus Clinical Recommendations From a Multistakeholder Coalition. Orthop Nurs. 2020 May/Jun; 39(3):145-161.
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Interprofessional Education of Emergency Department Team on Falls in Older Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 03; 68(3):E7-E9.
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Assessment of nursing home reporting of major injury falls for quality measurement on nursing home compare. Health Serv Res. 2020 04; 55(2):201-210.
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Identification of Older Adult Fall Occurrence by Brief Emergency Department Triage Screen. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 02; 68(2):442-443.
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Braden scale for pressure ulcer risk predicts rehabilitation placement after pancreatic resection. HPB (Oxford). 2019 07; 21(7):923-927.
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Does Nursing Home Compare Reflect Patient Safety In Nursing Homes? Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 11; 37(11):1770-1778.
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Pediatric Pelvic Ring Injuries. Orthopedics. 2018 Sep 01; 41(5):e701-e704.