{"id":118,"date":"2017-03-23T18:33:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T18:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/care-of-older-adults\/falls\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","slug":"falls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/care-of-older-adults\/falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Differential diagnosis<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Cardiovascular\n<ul>\n<li>MI<\/li>\n<li>Arrhythmia<\/li>\n<li>Postural hypotension<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Neurological\n<ul>\n<li>Epilepsy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Infections\n<ul>\n<li>UTI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Others\n<ul>\n<li>Medications, vision, balance, hazards at home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Data gathering<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Red flags &#8211; palpitations, chest pain, LOC, urinary incontinence<\/li>\n<li>Others &#8211; Shx: stairs<\/li>\n<li>Examine &#8211;\u00a0L\/S BP, pulse, temp, CVS, CN\/PNS\/Gait, urine dip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Clinical management<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigations\n<ul>\n<li>Bloods &#8211; FBC, U+E, LFTs, TFTs, B12, folate, HbA1c<\/li>\n<li>Urine dip<\/li>\n<li>ECG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Explanation\n<ul>\n<li>lots of things that increase risk of falls &#8211; certain medications (b-blocker, insulin), alcohol, diabetes, problems with vision and balance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Treatment\n<ul>\n<li>Refer falls clinic<\/li>\n<li>Optician<\/li>\n<li>Physio &#8211; strength and balance training<\/li>\n<li>OT &#8211; hazard assessment, walking aids<\/li>\n<li>GP &#8211; osteoporosis risk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow-up \/ Safety net\n<ul>\n<li>Osteoporosis review followup<\/li>\n<li>Regular reviews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Differential diagnosis Cardiovascular MI Arrhythmia Postural hypotension Neurological Epilepsy Infections UTI Others Medications, vision, balance, hazards at home &nbsp; Data gathering Red flags &#8211; palpitations, chest pain, LOC, urinary incontinence Others &#8211; Shx: stairs Examine &#8211;\u00a0L\/S BP, pulse, temp, CVS, CN\/PNS\/Gait, urine dip &nbsp; Clinical management Investigations Bloods &#8211; FBC, U+E, LFTs, TFTs, B12, folate, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/care-of-older-adults\/falls\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Falls<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":113,"menu_order":145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1941,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions\/1941"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}