Publication details
Epidemiologie a rizika pádů u seniorů.
Title in English | Epidemiology and risks of falls in the elderly |
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Year of publication | 2010 |
Type | Conference abstract |
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Description | Falls are a major symptom of frailty (Frailty) old age. Their cause is mostly in old age multifactorial interactions with numerous internal and external factors. They represent the great age of the health problem that has serious medical, psychological, social and economic consequences. The elderly are the most important cause dysaptibility. Practitioner investigates in his office daily 1-2 patients who have fallen. These conditions often remain unrecognized, it is important for them in old age targeted investigation of both the history as well as on physical examination. |