Falls in the elderly: Office-based evaluation, prevention, and treatment

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-188

  Mahoney, Jane E ^a  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARDIAC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; THYROTROPIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZOLPIDEM;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MENTAL TEST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEDATION; SOMNOLENCE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VIBRATION SENSE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0032905631     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.66.3.181     Document Type: Review

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