Drop attacks in older adults: Systematic assessment has a high diagnostic yield

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-78

  Parry, Steve W ^a   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Diagnosis; Elderly; Falls; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROP ATTACK; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; AGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYNCOPE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 14544293049     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53013.x     Document Type: Article

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