Infections Possible Cause for Falls

Over that period, he and a student found 161 patients whose records showed they presented with injuries from a fall, were admitted to hospital, and were subsequently discovered to have an infection. While the average age of the patients was indeed high at 76, patients were as young as 35 and as old and 102, with 18% younger than 65. Some 78.3% of the patients still lived in the community and only 9.3% were living in extended care facilities, Manian reported. Importantly, only 8.1% of the patients had dementia, he said. http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/IDWeek/54026?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-10-12&eun=g721819d0r