A Multifactorial Assessment: Falls in the Older Population Within the Emergency Department
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14 National Institute of Clinical Excellence. Clinical Guideline 21. The As- sessment and Prevention of Falls in Older People. National Institute of Clinical Ex- cellence: London: http://www.nice.org.uk (2014).
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16 Ziere, G., Dieleman, J.P., Hofman, A., Pols, H.A.P., Van der Cammen, T.J.M. & Stricker, B.H.CH. Polypharmacy and falls in the middle aged and elderly population. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 61, 218-223 (2006).
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19 Sattin, R.W., Rodriguez, J.G., De- Vito, C.A. & Wingo, P.A. Home environ- mental hazards and the risk of fall injury events among community-dwelling older persons. Study to Assess Falls among the Elderly (SAFE) Group. Journal of the Amer- ican Geriatrics Society. 46, 669-676 (1998).
2 Tinetti, M.E. & Williams, C.S. Falls, injuries due to falls, and the risk of admission to a nursing home. N Engl J Med. 337, 1279–84 (1997).
3 Sterling, D.A., O’ Connor, J.A. and Bonadies, J. Geriatric falls: Injury severity is high and disproportionate to mecha- nism. Journal of Trauma – Infection & Crit- ical Care. 50, 116-119 (2001).
4 Blake, A.J., Morgan, K., Bendall, M.J., Dallosso, H., Ebrahim, S.B.J., Arie, T.H.D., Fentem, P.H. & Bassey, E.J. Falls by elderly people at home: prevalence and as- sociated factors. Age and Ageing. 17, 365- 372 (1988).
5 Speechley, M. & Tinetti, M. Falls and injuries in frail and vigorous commu- nity elderly persons. Journal of the Ameri- can Geriatrics Society. 39, 46-52 (1991).
6 Alexander, B.H., Rivara, F.P. & Wolf, M.E. The cost and frequency of hos- pitalisation for fall-related injuries in older adults. American Journal of Public Health. 82,; 1020-1023 (1992).
7 Finbarr M. ‘Falls’, British Guide- lines Society Good Practice Guide (2007).
8 McIntosh, S., Da Costa, D. & Ken- ny R.A. ‘Outcome of an Integrated Ap- proach to the Investigation of Dizziness,
Falls and Syncope, in Elderly Patients re- ferred to a ‘Syncope’ Clinic’. Age and Age- ing. 22, .53-58 (1993).
9 Davies, A.J., & Kenny, R.A. ‘Falls presenting to the Emergency and Acci- dent Department: Types of Presentation and Risk Factor Profile. Age and Ageing. 25, 362-366 (1996).
10 Shaw, F.E. & Kenny, R.A. The overlap between syncope and falls in the elderly. Postgrad Med J. 73, 635-639 (1997).
11 Bueno-Cavanillas, A., Padil- la-Ruiz, F., Jimenes-Moleon, J.J., Peina- do-Alonso, C.A. & Galvez-Vargas, R. Risk factors in falls among the elderly accord- ing to extrinsic and intrinsic precipitating causes. European Journal of Epidemiolo- gy. 16, 849-859 (2000).
12 McMahon, C.G., Cahir, C.A., Ken- ny, R.A., Bennett, K. Inappropriate pre- scribing in older fallers presenting to an Irish emergency department. Age and Ageing. 43, 44-50 (2013).
13 Huang, A.R., Mallet, L., Roche- fort, C.M., Eguale, T,, Buckeridge, D.L. & Tamblyn, R. Medication-related falls in the elderly: causative factors and preventive strategies. Drugs Aging. 29, 359–76 (2012).
14 National Institute of Clinical Excellence. Clinical Guideline 21. The As- sessment and Prevention of Falls in Older People. National Institute of Clinical Ex- cellence: London: http://www.nice.org.uk (2014).
15 Patterson, S.M., Hughes, C., Kerse, N., Cardwell, C.R. & Bradley, M.C. Interventions to improve the appropri- ate use of polypharmacy for older people. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 5, CD008165 (2012).
16 Ziere, G., Dieleman, J.P., Hofman, A., Pols, H.A.P., Van der Cammen, T.J.M. & Stricker, B.H.CH. Polypharmacy and falls in the middle aged and elderly population. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 61, 218-223 (2006).
17 Sharma, J.C., Mac Lennan, W.J. Causes of ataxia in patients attending a falls laboratory. Age and Ageing. 17, 94- 102 (1988).
18 Close, J.C.T. Interdisciplinary practice in the prevention of falls - are- view of working models of care. Age and Ageing. 30, 8-12 (2001).
19 Sattin, R.W., Rodriguez, J.G., De- Vito, C.A. & Wingo, P.A. Home environ- mental hazards and the risk of fall injury events among community-dwelling older persons. Study to Assess Falls among the Elderly (SAFE) Group. Journal of the Amer- ican Geriatrics Society. 46, 669-676 (1998).
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Gialanze', E., & Grech, N. (2015). A Multifactorial Assessment: Falls in the Older Population Within the Emergency Department. Trinity Student Medical Journal , 16(1), Page 18–22. Retrieved from https://ojs.tchpc.tcd.ie/index.php/tsmj/article/view/1870
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