Medication-Related Falls in Older People
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- Synopsis
- Comprising a single repository of knowledge andscientific evidence in the field, this book provides strategies to mitigatefall risk by providing information on the complex interactions between agingprocesses, co-morbid conditions and prescribed medications in older patients. Geriatric health is becoming a more prominentissue as the population ages, and balancing the beneficial effects of medicationagainst the potential and real side-effects in these patients involves adeliberate and thoughtful task: physiologic aging, the accumulation ofco-morbidities, and the use of drugs to manage various conditions and symptomsgenerates a unique set of problems for each patient. Falls are a dreaded event in older people. Theevent can affect a person in a physical, and psychological manner, resulting insoft tissue and bony injury, fear of falling, and depression. Theidentification of and reduction in fall risks in older people is a worldwideconcern, and reducing the incidence of falls is a ubiquitous quality measure ofhealth care delivery. Heterogeneity amongst older people precludes a singlesolution. However, physicians and others involved in the care of geriatricpatients will benefit from the presented insights into how medication use canbe modified to limit its impact as a contributing factor.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783319323046
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing, Cham
- Date of Addition:
- 09/19/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Medicine
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.