Background: Infectious disease-related factors that may contribute to or complicate falls have received relatively little attention in the literature. Specifically, the prevalence of coexisting systemic infections (CSIs) in patients presenting with a fall and admitted to the hospital has not been previously reported. We, herein, describe the scope and characteristics of CSIs in hospitalized patients [...]

Background: Sleep disturbance has negative impact on physical coordination, metabolism, cognitive performance, immune function, coagulation cascade, cardiac risk and is associated with an increased risk of falls in hospitalized patients. The number of adverse events related to falls is startling and it poses a major health risk for patients in acute care facilities. As the [...]