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September 5, 2024Kansas Journal of Medicine

A Case Series of Concomitant Falls and COVID-19 Infection Among Older Adults

Marisa-Nicole S. Zayat Micah Vander Griend Nathan Flesher Kelly Lightwine Hayrettin Okut Elizabeth Ablah James M. Haan

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Abstract

Few studies have examined the hospital course and patient outcomes among elderly trauma patients with COVID-19 and traumatic fall-related injuries. This study aimed to describe patient characteristics and hospital outcomes for older adults who sustained fall-related injuries and were concurrently infected with COVID-19.

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Zayat et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e59556b6db64358753005e https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol17.21817

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