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Falls Validation Study

Sponsor: Dr. Kerstin de Wit

Summary

Each year, one in three adults over the age of 65 has a fall. These falls lead to half a million Canadian emergency department patient visits annually and falls in older adults account for more than 3% of all emergency department visits. A rapid, simple bedside test (known as a decision rule) to guide emergency physicians on when older adults should have a brain scan to diagnose traumatic brain bleeding was created. This decision rule will be checked to see if it works well in guiding who needs a brain scan.

Official title: Validation of the Falls Decision Rule for Diagnosing Intracranial Bleeding in Older Adults After a Fall

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