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We have therefore analysed all patients presenting with a fall to our Emergency Department (ED) over the past five years.<jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>. Our retrospective data analysis comprised adult patients admitted to our Emergency Department between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2010, in relation to a fall.<jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. Of a total of 6357 patients 78% (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>n<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>4957<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>) patients were younger than 75 years. The main setting for falls was patients home (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>n<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>2239<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>, 35.3%). In contrast to the younger patients, the older population was predominantly female (56.3% versus 38.6%;<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.0001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>). Older patients were more likely to fall at home and suffer from medical conditions (all<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M4\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.0001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>). Injuries to the head (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M5\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.0001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>) and to the lower extremity (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M6\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.019<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>) occurred predominantly in the older population. Age was the sole predictor for recurrent falls (OR 1.2,<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M7\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.0001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>).<jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. Falls at home are the main class of falls for all age groups, particularly in the elderly. Fall prevention strategies must therefore target activities of daily living. Even though falls related to sports mostly take place in the younger cohort, a significant percentage of elderly patients present with falls related to sporting activity. Falls due to medical conditions were most likely to result in mild traumatic brain injury.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2014\/256519","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,3,2]],"date-time":"2014-03-02T16:00:46Z","timestamp":1393776046000},"page":"1-6","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":42,"title":["Fall-Related Emergency Department Admission: Fall Environment and Settings and Related Injury Patterns in 6357 Patients with Special Emphasis on the Elderly"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2014","author":[{"given":"Carmen A.","family":"Pfortmueller","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital and University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"},{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital and University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mirco","family":"Kunz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Anesthesiology, Cantonal Hospital of Winterthur, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5551-8227","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Gregor","family":"Lindner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital and University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"},{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital and University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Athanasios","family":"Zisakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital and University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stefan","family":"Puig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital and University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aristomenis K.","family":"Exadaktylos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital and University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","reference":[{"key":"1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00198-009-1100-1"},{"key":"2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00198-010-1511-z"},{"key":"3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/eurpub\/ckp165"},{"key":"4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00198-010-1189-2"},{"key":"5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1532-5415.2009.02683.x"},{"key":"6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1741-6612.2010.00413.x"},{"key":"7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-227X-9-19"},{"key":"8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1743-0003-7-50"},{"key":"9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1532-5415.2009.02575.x"},{"key":"10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ageing\/afq102"},{"key":"12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2004.06.004"},{"key":"13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2006.10.014"},{"key":"14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2458-5-86"},{"key":"15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.amepre.2004.09.010"},{"key":"16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0020-1383(02)00212-7"},{"key":"17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/ip.2004.005835"},{"issue":"10","key":"18","first-page":"1","volume":"51","year":"2002","journal-title":"MMWR. 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