JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 3, Supplement 2 , Pages e9-e15 , March 2007

Anemia Increases Risk for Falls in Hospitalized Older Adults: An Evaluation of Falls in 362 Hospitalized, Ambulatory, Long-Term Care, and Community Patients

This work was presented, in part, at the Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting in 2005. Dharmarajan TS, Avula S, Jayakrishnan L, Jospeh P, Talamati J, Karbasian M. Norkus EP. Mild anemia increases the risk of falls in hospitalized older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;53:S94.

  • T.S. Dharmarajan, MD, FACP, AGSF

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, NY
    • Division of Geriatrics, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to T.S. Dharmarajan, MD, FACP, AGSF, 31 Pheasant Run, Scarsdale, NY 10583.
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  • Sai Avula, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatrics, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, NY
    • ,
  • Edward P. Norkus, PhD, FACN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research, University Hospital of New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY.

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 This study did not receive external funding. This study was internally funded as part of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship program.

PII: S1525-8610(06)00610-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.12.015

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 3, Supplement 2 , Pages e9-e15 , March 2007

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