Does differing risk factors for fall in nursing home and intermediate-care residents who can and can not stand unaided?
The findings indicate that there are different risk factors for falls for people living in residential aged care facilities who can and cannot stand unaided. These findings provide important information for developing fall-prevention strategies and suggest that those who can stand unaided but have multiple falls risk factors constitute the highest priority group for such interventions.
Treatment with nCPAP is associated with an improvement in peak VO(2) and heart rate recovery in patients with OSA.