Background falls and fall-related injuries are common in older adults, have negative effects
on functional independence and quality of life and are associated with increased morbidity …

Incidence rates of cognitive impairment and dementia are rising with the ageing population.
Meanwhile, the limited success of current treatments has led to a search for early markers of …

Background and objective Falls are a major public health problem in older adults. Earlier
studies showed that psychotropic medication use increases the risk of falls. The aim of this …

Executive Summary ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG): Silvia G. Priori
(Chairperson)(Italy), Maria Angeles Alonso Garcia (Spain), Jean-Jacques Blanc (France) …

Head-up tilt, a recognised stimulus to vasovagal syncope, was used to investigate syncope
that remained unexplained despite full clinical and electrophysiological assessment in …

Background Falls are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in dementia, but there have
been no prospective studies of risk factors for falling specific to this patient population, and …

Background A frailty paradigm would be useful in primary care to identify older people at
risk, but appropriate metrics at that level are lacking. We created and validated a simple …

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of multifactorial intervention after a fall in older
patients with cognitive impairment and dementia attending the accident and emergency …

Background Anticoagulants are effective in the prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation and
flutter (AF). We aimed to find out the prevalence of AF in the UK and to estimate the …

Background SARS‐CoV‐2 coronavirus infection ranges from asymptomatic through to fatal
COVID‐19 characterized by a 'cytokine storm'and lung failure. Vitamin D deficiency has …