Tóm tắt

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