Medication-Related Falls in Older People Causative Factors and Management Strategies /

Comprising a single repository of knowledge and scientific evidence in the field, this book provides strategies to mitigate fall risk by providing information on the complex interactions between aging processes, co-morbid conditions and prescribed medications in older patients. Geriatric health is b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Huang, Allen R. (Editor ), Mallet, Louise (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Geriatrics.
Pharmacology.
Family medicine.
General Practice and Family Medicine.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Aging Population and Falls: Consequences and Costs
  • 3. Falls Count and Counting Falls: Making Sense of Data About Falls
  • Part 2. Drugs and Falls: Why are Older People at Risk?
  • 4. Polypharmacy
  • 5. Pharmacology of Drugs in Aging
  • 6. Age-Related Physical and Physiologic Changes and Co-Morbidities in Older People: Association with Falls
  • 7. Adverse Events & Falls
  • 8. Risk Factors for Falls in the Elderly
  • Part 3. Medications Associated with Falls in the Elderly
  • 9. Psychotropic Drugs
  • 10. Benzodiazepines
  • 11. Drugs for Degenerative Neurologic Conditions: Antiparkinson Medications, Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine
  • 12. Antihypertensive and Cardiovascular Medications
  • 13. Glucose Control Medications
  • Part 4. Management of Medication-Related Falls
  • 14. Inappropriate Medications and Risk of Falls in Older Adults
  • 15. Identifying Explicit Criteria for the Prevention of Falls
  • 16. Approach to Medication Reviews in Older Adults
  • 17. Withdrawal of Falls-Risk Increasing Drugs
  • 18. Benzodiazepines Withdrawal in the Elderly: A Practical Approach
  • 19. Role of Information and Communication Technologies
  • 20. A Novel Personalized Falls Risk Calculator Tool: A Prototype for Improving the Safety of Prescribing Through Computerized Decision Support
  • 21. Future Directions.

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