Risk Factors for Significant Injury After Inpatient Falls.

Authors

Paige Kmetz-Cutrone
Story Bernstein
Alison Muller, Department of Surgery, Reading Hospital, Tower Health System, Reading, PA, USAFollow
Catie Sweeney, Center for Patient Safety, Tower Health System, Reading, PA, USAFollow
Christopher Butts, Department of Surgery, Reading Hospital, Tower Health System, Reading, PA, USAFollow
Eugene Reilly, Department of Surgery, Reading Hospital, Tower Health System, Reading, PA, USAFollow
Thomas Geng, Department of Surgery, Reading Hospital, Tower Health System, Reading, PA, USAFollow
Adrian W Ong, Department of Surgery, Reading Hospital, Tower Health System, Reading, PA, USAFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-25-2025

Abstract

Inpatient (IP) falls present substantial challenges to health care institutions. We aimed to characterize injuries after IP falls and evaluate if there were risk factors for these injuries. Adult inpatients who fell in an acute care hospital from 2018 to 2023 were studied. Severity of injury were retroactively assigned using the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) for each of nine body regions and calculating the Injury Severity Score (ISS). The primary outcome was any significant injury (SI), which was defined as an ISS of ≥2. Patients with SI were matched 1:2 for age and whether the fall was witnessed to those without SI (controls). The risk of SI was estimated for each plausible variable using conditional logistic regression, with

Publication Title

The American surgeon

First Page

31348251354900

Last Page

31348251354900

Comments

online ahead of print

Recommended Citation

Kmetz-Cutrone, P., Bernstein, S., Muller, A., Sweeney, C., Butts, C., Reilly, E., Geng, T., & Ong, A. (2025). Risk Factors for Significant Injury After Inpatient Falls.. The American surgeon, 31348251354900-31348251354900. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348251354900