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Drugs and Falls in Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis: I. Psychotropic Drugs
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To evaluate critically the evidence linking psychotropic drugs with falls in older people, a large number of studies have found no link between these drugs and falls in adults over the age of 65.Citations
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Falls in older people: epidemiology, risk factors and strategies for prevention
TL;DR: Considerable evidence now documents that the most effective (and cost-effective) fall reduction programmes have involved systematic fall risk assessment and targeted interventions, exercise programmes and environmental-inspection and hazard-reduction programmes.
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Guideline for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons
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Clinical practice. Preventing falls in elderly persons.
TL;DR: A 79-year-old woman with a history of congestive heart failure, arthritis, depression, and difficulty sleeping presents for a follow-up visit, and her daughter reports that the patient has fallen twice during the past six months.
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Summary of the updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society clinical practice guideline for prevention of falls in older persons
Kenny Ram.,Laurence Z. Rubenstein,Mary E. Tinetti,K Brewer,K A Cameron,Elizabeth Capezuti,D P John,Sarah E Lamb,Finbarr C. Martin,P H Rockey,M Suther,E W Peterson,A G Soc,B G Soc +13 more
TL;DR: This article provides additional discussion of the guideline process and the differences between the current guideline and the 2001 version and includes the guidelines' recommendations, algorithm, and acknowledgments.
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Risk factors for falls among older adults: a review of the literature.
TL;DR: The major risk factors identified are impaired balance and gait, polypharmacy, and history of previous falls, which include advancing age, female gender, visual impairments, cognitive decline especially attention and executive dysfunction, and environmental factors.
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Risk factors for falls among elderly persons living in the community.
TL;DR: It is concluded that falls among older persons living in the community are common and that a simple clinical assessment can identify the elderly persons who are at the greatest risk of falling.
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A controlled trial of selegiline, alpha-tocopherol, or both as treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study
Mary Sano,Christopher Ernesto,Ronald G. Thomas,Melville R. Klauber,Kimberly Schafer,Michael Grundman,Peter B. Woodbury,John H. Growdon,Carl W. Cotman,Eric Pfeiffer,Lon S. Schneider,Leon J. Thal +11 more
TL;DR: In patients with moderately severe impairment from Alzheimer's disease, treatment with selegiline or alpha-tocopherol slows the progression of disease.
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Risk factors for recurrent nonsyncopal falls. A prospective study.
TL;DR: Risk factors for having a single fall were few and relatively weak, but multiple falls were more predictable, and increased odds of two or more falls for persons who had difficulty standing up from a chair, difficulty performing a tandem walk, arthritis, Parkinson's disease, and a fall with injury during the previous year were found.
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Fall risk index for elderly patients based on number of chronic disabilities
TL;DR: The mobility test, the best single predictor of recurrent falling, may be useful clinically because it is simple, recreates fall situations, and provides a dynamic, integrated assessment of mobility.
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A Prospective Study of Postural Balance and Risk of Falling in An Ambulatory and Independent Elderly Population
TL;DR: Lateral spontaneous-sway amplitude was found to be the single best predictor of future falling risk, particularly for the large group of falls that were precipitated by a biomechanical perturbation.