Falls in the elderly are common and often the first sign of frailty and other medical conditions. Fall-induced injuries are said to be the fifth leading cause of death in elderly people, and one of the most common causes of long-standing pain and disability in this population. Potential ...
Falls in elderly. 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 33 作者:CP Das,S Joseph 摘要: Falls are a major health problem among the elderly and an estimated 6% of falls by elderly result in fractures. Early identification of fall risk is likely to result in earlier implementation of ...
Falls have considerable repercussions for older adults which include not only the potential for serious injury as a result of the fall, but also negative consequences on physical function, mobility, psychological well-being, independence, and the need for long-term care. The reasons why people fall...
A substantial number of elderly persons living at home fall each year. Falling can lead to both physical and psychological harm, causing some to place unwarranted restrictions on themselves based on their fear of falling again. There are many causes of falls, including age-related changes in phys...
Falls constitute a leading cause of injuries, hospitalization and deaths among the elderly. Older people fall more often for a variety of reasons: alterations in physiology and physical functioning, and the use (and misuse) of medications needed to manage their multiple conditions. Pharmacological ...
totheriskforinjuriousfallsinelderlyresidents. StudySynopsisandPerspective NursinghomeresidentswithdementiawhouseSSRIshaveanincreasedriskofhavinga fallthatcausesinjurycomparedwiththosewhodonotuseSSRIs,newresearchshows. Further,theriskisdose-dependent,withthoseusingaveragedoseshaving3timesthe riskcomparedwithnonusers,...
Both heart failure and diuretic or SGLT2 inhibitor use increase fall risk in older adults. Diuretics and SGLT2 inhibitors not only have various fall-related adverse effects, which partly overlap (e.g. tendency to cause hypotension), but also differ: compared to SGLT2is, diuretics display more...
- time to change our viewsAlthough falls in the elderly have been recognised as one of the 'giants of geriatrics' by geriatricians, they remain a problem area - possibly because there are many reasons for falling and it is often time consuming to elicit the specific causes in a patient. ...
Approximately one half of falls in the elderly can be attributed to accidents and extrinsic causes such as slippery floors, and the remainder from intrinsic causes such as lower extremity weakness, gait disorders, effects of medications or acute illness. Extrinsic and intrinsic factors that are ...
of glutathione (GSH); the latter is fundamental for the detoxification of the metabolites of paracetamol. In elderly people with chronic pain, taking acetaminophen is very frequent; according to studies, the depletion of GSH and cysteine to clean the liver site causes sarcopenia in the long run....