Differential diagnosis of unexplained falls in dementia: Results of "Syncope & Dementia" registry

Eur J Intern Med. 2018 Apr:50:41-46. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.11.006. Epub 2018 Feb 3.

¹ Syncope Unit, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
² Centro di Valutazione e Ricerca Gerontologica, Chair of Geriatrics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
³ Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca and Acute Geriatric Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
⁴ Medicine and Geriatric Unit - Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
⁵ SCDU Geriatria e Malattie Metaboliche dell'Osso, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy.
⁶ Geriatric Department, SS. Trinità Hospital, Cagliari, Italy.
⁷ Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
⁸ S. Maria di Ca' Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy.
⁹ S. Jacopo Hospital, Azienda USL 3, Pistoia, Italy.
¹⁰ Geriatric Unit, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy.
¹² Syncope Unit, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Keywords: Benzodiazepine; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Fall; Insulin; Syncope.

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