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Falls: Pathogenesis and Complications
Poly-pharmacy
Disorders affecting movement and balance
 - Sensory deficits
 - Neuromuscular degeneration/Cerebrovascular disease
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affecting movement and balance ... Lifestyle #Geriatrics
Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
• Decreased Balance ... Falls #Elderly #Geriatrics
Numerous drugs taken by elderly persons can affect water balance by direct action on the kidney
can affect water balance ... #Pharmacology #Geriatrics
Positive Paper Grip Test

Testing for intrinsic foot activation/strength.  It's felt that Hallux Grip strength can
ability to maintain balance ... physicalexam #podiatry #geriatrics
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) 10-Item Shortened Form #Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Geriatric #Depression #Scale #GDS #Shortened #Short
Geriatric Depression ... Form #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Geriatric #Depression
Balanced Crystalloids vs. NormalSaline - My infographic about SALT-ED and SMART trial comparing crystalloids and saline
Balanced Crystalloids ... SALT-ED - Balanced ... largest benefit from balanced ... - The use of balanced ... SALTED #SMART #Balanced
SALT-ED Trial - Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Noncritically Ill Adults

N Engl J Med 2018; 378:819-828
SALT-ED Trial - Balanced ... treatment with balanced ... Wilkinsonjonny #SALTED #Balanced
Coronary Oxygen Balance 

Myocardial Oxygen Demand <-> Coronary Artery Blood Flow <-> Oxygen Availability

#cardiac #oxygen #pathophysiology
Coronary Oxygen Balance ... coronary #perfusion #balance
IV Fluid Composition and Effects on Plasma
0.9% Saline
Ringer's Lactate
Balanced Crystalloid

#IVFluid #Composition #Plasma #comparison #Effects #nephrology #pharmacology
Ringer's Lactate Balanced
Diuresis in Critical Care - Achieving a Negative Fluid Balance
Advantages Of A Negative Fluid Balance:
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Negative Fluid Balance ... Negative Fluid Balance ... negative fluid balance ... positive fluid balance ... Negative #Fluid #Balance