Orthostatic hypotension in older nursing home residents who fall: Are they dizzy?

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-78

  Gray Miceli, Deanna ^a   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^b   Liu, Sizhu ^a   Wantland, Dean ^a   Johnson, Jerry ^b  

^a New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dizziness; falls; geriatrics; long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; NURSING RECORDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863261852     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773811434045     Document Type: Article

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