The overlap between syncope and falls in the elderly

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 864, 1997, Pages 635-639

  Shaw, F E ^a   Kenny, R A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid sinus syndrome; Elderly; Falls; Syncope

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETIOLOGY; FALLING; FOOD INTAKE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; RECALL; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; VERTIGO;

EID: 0030722225     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.73.864.635     Document Type: Short Survey

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