688 results
The Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders Intervention: Falls Risk Factor Assessment and
Intervention: Falls ... #PatientInfo #Geriatrics ... #STRIDE #Fall #
Falls: Pathogenesis and Complications
Poly-pharmacy
Disorders affecting movement and balance
 - Sensory deficits
 - Neuromuscular degeneration/Cerebrovascular disease
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Falls: Pathogenesis ... Lifestyle #Geriatrics ... #Falls #pathophysiology
Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
Causes of Falls ... • Lighting #Falls ... #Elderly #Geriatrics
A priority in this project was to appropriately stratify participants into a low, medium, or high-intensity
“Algorithm for Fall ... Diagnosis #Management #Geriatrics ... STEADI #Algorithm #Fall
Sedative-Hypnotic Visual Decision Aid

What would happen if 100 people over 60 years of age take sleeping
serious like a fall ... SideEffects #Adverse #Geriatrics
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
: • Repeated falls ... pathophysiology #geriatrics
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls ... contribute to falls ... #Recurrent #Falls ... Differential #Evaluation #Geriatrics
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) 10-Item Shortened Form #Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Geriatric #Depression #Scale #GDS #Shortened #Short
Geriatric Depression ... Form #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Geriatric #Depression
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Acute Injuries: Falls ... Elderly #Neurology #Geriatrics
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
defined as MVC, fall ... ft or 5 stairs, fall ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics