Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Annual physical
- 2 Office visit
- 3 A bad driver
- 4 Early dementia
- 5 Moderate dementia
- 6 Severe dementia
- 7 Two women with advanced dementia
- 8 Occupational deterioration
- 9 Atypical dementia
- 10 “Pseudodementia”
- 11 Chest pain
- 12 Clearance for surgery
- 13 Type 2 diabetes
- 14 Two patients with hypertension
- 15 A fall
- 16 Wheezing
- 17 Acute hemiparesis
- 18 Chronic hemiparesis
- 19 Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage
- 20 Delirium
- 21 Herbal remedies
- 22 Insomnia
- 23 Low vision
- 24 Recurrent falls
- 25 Four patients in an osteoporosis clinic
- 26 Hip fracture
- 27 Headache
- 28 Pain
- 29 Leg ulcer
- 30 Chronic cough
- 31 Diarrhea
- 32 Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
- 33 Urinary incontinence
- 34 Urinary retention
- 35 Erectile dysfunction
- 36 Vaginal bleeding
- 37 “Mother is not herself”
- 38 “Failure to thrive”
- 39 Three hospitalized patients with agitation
- 40 Weight loss
- 41 Hypothermia
- 42 Hyperthermia
- 43 A centenarian
- Index
- References
24 - Recurrent falls
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 December 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Annual physical
- 2 Office visit
- 3 A bad driver
- 4 Early dementia
- 5 Moderate dementia
- 6 Severe dementia
- 7 Two women with advanced dementia
- 8 Occupational deterioration
- 9 Atypical dementia
- 10 “Pseudodementia”
- 11 Chest pain
- 12 Clearance for surgery
- 13 Type 2 diabetes
- 14 Two patients with hypertension
- 15 A fall
- 16 Wheezing
- 17 Acute hemiparesis
- 18 Chronic hemiparesis
- 19 Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage
- 20 Delirium
- 21 Herbal remedies
- 22 Insomnia
- 23 Low vision
- 24 Recurrent falls
- 25 Four patients in an osteoporosis clinic
- 26 Hip fracture
- 27 Headache
- 28 Pain
- 29 Leg ulcer
- 30 Chronic cough
- 31 Diarrhea
- 32 Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
- 33 Urinary incontinence
- 34 Urinary retention
- 35 Erectile dysfunction
- 36 Vaginal bleeding
- 37 “Mother is not herself”
- 38 “Failure to thrive”
- 39 Three hospitalized patients with agitation
- 40 Weight loss
- 41 Hypothermia
- 42 Hyperthermia
- 43 A centenarian
- Index
- References
Summary
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Case Studies in Geriatric Medicine , pp. 153 - 158Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005
References
American Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society, and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Panel on Falls Prevention (2001). Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49, 664–72CrossRef
(1994). Syncope in older persons. Journal of American Geriatrics Society, 42, 426–36CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
(1989). Risk factors for recurrent nonsyncopal falls. A prospective study. Journal of the American Medical Association, 261, 2663–8CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
, , et al. (2002). Presence of a carotid bruit in adults with unexplained or recurrent falls, implications for carotid sinus massage. Age and Ageing, 31, 379–84CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
, , and (1985). Syncope in an elderly, institutionalised population: prevalence, incidence, and associated risk. Quarterly Journal of Medicine, 55, 45–55Google Scholar
, , and (1998). Antidepressants and the risk of falls among nursing home residents. New England Journal of Medicine, 339, 875–82CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
(2003). Preventing falls in elderly persons. New England Journal of Medicine, 348, 42–9CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
, , et al., for the Epidemiology of Dementia in Nursing Homes Research Group (2003). Dementia as a risk factor for falls and fall injuries among nursing home residents. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 51, 1213–18CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
, , et al. (1996). Reducing frailty and falls in older persons: an investigation of Tai Chi and computerized balance training. Atlanta FICSIT Group: Frailty and injuries – Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 44, 489–97CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
(2000). Evaluation of the effectiveness of Tai Chi for improving balance and preventing falls in the older population – a review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 50, 746–54CrossRefGoogle Scholar