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The Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders Intervention: Falls Risk Factor Assessment and
Confidence in Elders ... Intervention: Falls ... Co‐management #Diagnosis ... #PatientInfo #Geriatrics ... #STRIDE #Fall #
The 9 Ds of Weight loss in the Elderly
 - Dementia
 - Depression
 - Disease (acute
Weight loss in the Elderly ... - Dementia ... #WeightLoss #Elderly ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Causes
Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
Causes of Falls ... in the Elderly - ... Differential Diagnosis ... #Elderly #Geriatrics ... #Algorithm #Causes
A priority in this project was to appropriately stratify participants into a low, medium, or high-intensity
“Algorithm for Fall ... Risk Assessment ... entitled “Stopping Elderly ... Injuries,” (STEADI) #Diagnosis ... #Management #Geriatrics
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis ... neuropsychological assessment ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... - 2nd cause after ... #Geriatrics #Workup
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
a hierarchy of diagnostic ... (required for diagnosis ... : • Repeated falls ... #pathophysiology ... #geriatrics #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... Seizure in the Elderly ... Acute Injuries: Falls ... cardiovascular causes ... #Neurology #Geriatrics
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer's (99% of cases ... Alzheimer's (1% of cases ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... #pathophysiology ... #geriatrics #diagnosis
Pathogenesis of Select Causes of Constipation in Adults and in Elderly

 • Mechanical (ex. Bowel Obstruction,
Pathogenesis of Select Causes ... Adults and in Elderly ... the intestinal wall ... #constipation #pathophysiology ... #geriatrics
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
 •
Causes and Assessment ... no structural cause ... Hepatitis • Gall ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pediatrics #Causes