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Title: Geriatric Fall Risk Score

Category: Geriatrics

Keywords: fall, score, geriatric, prediction (PubMed Search)

Posted: 10/11/2025 by Robert Flint, MD (Updated: 10/12/2025)
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These authors used information available from both the medical record as well as from a survey instrument given in the emergency department to created this fall risk score. A score over 6 had a 63% sensitivity and 75% specificity of predicting future falls. 

References

Acaemic Emergency Medicine 2025 0:1-12