Falls in the elderly

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-143

  Anderson, Kathryn E ^a  

^a Royal Victoria Hospital Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Hip fracture; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CALCIUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUDROCORTISONE; HALOPERIDOL; LEVODOPA; MIDODRINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRATE; OPIATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VITAMIN D;

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; AGING; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COGNITION; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG METABOLISM; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELDERLY CARE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FOOT DISEASE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GAIT DISORDER; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SYNCOPE; UNSTEADINESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 56849093475     PISSN: 14782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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