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Medications as Risk Factor for Falls
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Ye Won Lee, Sung Il Nam
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Res Vestib Sci. 2016;15(4):101-106. Published online December 12, 2016
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21790/rvs.2016.15.4.101
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- Falls are the most common cause of accidents among the older population, leading to both fatal and non-fatal injuries. Falls is a syndrome resulting from the cumulative effect of various extrinsic and intrinsic factors. It is considered to be a multifactorial disorder. Medication use is considered a risk factor for falls. We reviewed medications associated with falls in older individuals. In geriatrics populations, polypharmacy is associated with falls. Medical doctors should be aware of the possibility that starting a new medication, such as antihypertensive agents, benzodiazepine, antidepressants, opioid agents and antihistamines, may act as a trigger for the onset of a fall.
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Vestibular Paroxysmia Mimicking Benign Parxysmal Positional Vertigo
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Hyuk Ki Cho, Ye Won Lee, Soon Hyung Park, Sung Il Nam
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Res Vestib Sci. 2016;15(4):141-146. Published online December 12, 2016
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21790/rvs.2016.15.4.141
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- Vestibular paroxysmia is the name given to the syndrome caused by vascular compression of the vestibulocochlear nerve. The main symptoms of vestibular paroxysmia are recurrent, spontaneous, brief attacks of spinning, non-spinning vertigo or positional vertigo that generally last less than one minute, with or without ear symptoms (tinnitus and hypoacusis). Prior to attributing a patient’s symptoms to vestibular paroxysmia, however, clinicians must exclude common conditions like benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Menière’s disease, vestibular neuritis and vestibular migraine. This is usually possible with a thorough history and bedside vestibular/ocular motor examination. Herein, we describe a patient with vestibular paroxysmia that mimicked resolved BPPV with a literature review.
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낙상 위험을 초래하는 약물
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Ye Won Lee, Sungil Nam
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Received November 15, 2016 Accepted November 25, 2016 Published online November 25, 2016
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- Falls are the most common cause of accidents among the older population, leading to both fatal and non-fatal injuries. Falls is a syndrome resulting from the cumulative effect of various extrinsic and intrinsic factors. It is considered to be a multifactorial disorder. Medication use is considered a risk factor for falls. We reviewed medications associated with falls in older individuals. In geriatrics populations, polypharmacy is associated with falls. Medical doctors should be aware of the possibility that starting a new medication, such as antihypertensive agents, benzodiazepine, antidepressants, opioid agents and antihistamines, may act as a trigger for the onset of a fall.
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