Falls of the elderly
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Falls of the elderly 
Once-weekly tai chi decreases rate of falls in the elderly- SR: Tai chi decreases the risk of falls in at-risk adults and elderly
- Exercise decreases falls in the elderly
- Exercise prevents falls in elderly residents of care facilities while they are enrolled in exercise programs
- Vertigo
- Moderate-quality evidence shows podiatric interventions can prevent falls but not injuries in community-dwelling elderly
- STOPP/START decreases medication use but not falls or hospitalization in elderly residing in NH
- Vitamin D prevents falls in the elderly
- Physical activity and prevention of falls in elderly
- Various quality improvement strategies decrease injurious falls in the elderly
- Extended PT reduces falls in elderly hip fracture patients
- History of fall and gait/balance problem confer high risk for falls
- Incorrect weight-shifting most common cause of falls in long-term care
- Complex interventions maintain independent living in elderly patients
- Once yearly high-dose oral vitamin D increases risk of fracture and falls
- Health monitoring in the elderly
- Managing the medication of elderly people
- Urinary incontinence in the elderly
- Increased blood creatinine concentration, eGFR and renal function tests
- Hypertension in elderly patients
- MA: In nursing homes, fall prevention programs only decrease recurrent falls
- Multicomponent interventions decrease rate of delirium
- Preventing falls in the hospital: not much data
- Assessment of functional capacity in the elderly
- Assessment of nutritional status in the elderly
- Yoga improves balance and flexibility but has unknown effect on falls in adults older than 60
- Chronic heart failure
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
- Fractures of the spine
- Fractures of the hip and femur
- The Timed Up and Go Test not very reliable in predicting falls in elders
- USPSTF 2022: No recommendation for or against screening for glaucoma in adults (I statement)
Population‐based interventions for the prevention of fall‐related injuries in older people- Strength training plus protein supplementation can delay or prevent frailty
- Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI)
- In-hospital exercise program prevents hospital-associated functional decline in the elderly
- Multimorbidity
- Acute kidney injury
- High-dose vitamin D prevents fractures in some older people
- Red flags to screen for vertebral fracture in patients presenting with low-back pain
- Physical exercise for sleep problems in adults aged 60+
- Gait disturbances
- Targeted rehabilitation improves physical function in elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure (REHAB-HF)
- Limited evidence base for treating orthostatic hypotension
- Alendronate associated with reduced risk of hip fracture in older adults taking medium- to high-dose steroids
- Lower costs and healthcare utilization with hospital care at home
- Hypertension: investigations, treatment initiation and non-pharmacological treatment
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with and without exercise to reduce fear of falling in older people living in the community
- Chondroitin for osteoarthritis
- Limited evidence of benefits of vitamin D supplementation
- Warfarin therapy
- Differential diagnostics of episodic symptoms
- Models for delivery and co‐ordination of primary or secondary health care (or both) to older adults living in aged care facilities
- Treatment of chronic renal failure