Falls in the Elderly potx

... multifactorial intervention to reduce the risk of falling among elderly people living in the community. N Engl J Med 1994;331:821-7. TABLE 8 Critical Steps in Reducing the Risk of Falls in the Elderly ... Falls in the Elderly Falls are the leading cause of injury-related visits to emergency departments in the United States and the primary etiology o...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... l Falls in the elderly 39 l Data on falls in the elderly 41 l The multifactorial nature of falls 57 l Fracture risk factors 59 l Screening and assessing the risk of falling 60 l Screening ... provide the means for autonomous living to the majo- rity of the elderly population. However, the continuing increase in the number of aged citizens over the next...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... McDonald further illuminate the situation regarding falls among the elderly in Jamaica. [15] In examining the trauma registry records of the 152 hip fracture patients presenting at the University ... While the indirect and intangible costs are difficult to measure, preliminary insights into the direct cost of falls can be gained by examination of the data presente...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 16:20

... Comparison 1 In uenza vaccines versus no vaccination - Cohort stud ies in nursing homes, Outcome 2 In uenza. Review: Vaccines for preventing in uenza in the elderly Comparison: 1 In uenza va ccines versus ... vaccination - Cohort stud ies in nursing homes, Outcome 1 ILI. Review: Vaccines for preventing in uenza in the elderly Comparison: 1 In uenza va ccines versus no va...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... Drug Interactions Majordruginteractionsassociatedwithmemantineincludedrugswhichincrease the pH in urine(e.g. carbonicanhydraseinhibitors).Exercisecautionwhenprescribingmemantinewithotherdrugswhich undergo ... risperidone in clinical studies. † The USFoodandDrugAdministrationissuedahealthadvisory in March2005reportingincreasedmortality (1.6-1.7foldin...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... in the elderly may even be considered as a distinct disease entity. 8 These differences can lead to a delay in the diagnosis of TB in the elderly, which in turn, can lead to an increase in the ... symptoms in elderly patients with TB. This results in a delay in the presentation of the elderly to health care facilities, thereby resulting in a delay in...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20

... been the most fundamental etiological factor for the dramatic increase in caries among the Finnish children in the beginning of the 1950's (Rytömaa et al., 1980). Not surprisingly, increase ... al., 1991; Espinoza et al., 2003). It has been assumed that the oral health of the independently living elderly would be better than the oral health of the elderly li...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... of the Latvian elderly believe that they need no help in their household work, but 25% of them need it in cleaning up their Figure 1. Number of individuals in the households of the elderly in ... 1691-3078 (39%), the rest of them – in households of several individuals. In Timisoara the majority of the elderly live in couples, the size of other households...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... understanding of the dynamics of family caregiving to low-income and frail elderly individuals living in the community. It is examining how community and home care services diminish the effect of ... 1). 7 AHRQ research indicates that the primary risk factor for requiring formal home health care is difficulty in bathing, dressing, Preventing Disability in the Elderly With...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... methods. In effect, these are universal features that "emerge" in the asymptotic domain as the wave theory approaches the ray theory in the limit 6 The Devil in the Details as ... essential is the singular nature of the limiting relations between the "base" theory and the theory describing the emergents. The singular natu...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20