Falls in elderly hemodialysis patients

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 829-838

  Abdel Rahman, E M ^a   Turgut, F ^b   Turkmen, K ^c   Balogun, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Iskenderun State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DIGOXIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACIDOSIS; AGING; ANEMIA; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIURETIC THERAPY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FATIGUE; FRACTURE; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; IRRITABILITY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC DISORDER; MINERAL METABOLISM; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYOCLONUS; MYOPATHY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNITED STATES; UREMIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 80053150735     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr108     Document Type: Review

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