Article ; Online: Falls and SGLT-2 inhibitors in geriatric patients—A case report
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Vol 9, Iss 8, Pp 4454-
2020 Volume 4455
Abstract: With this case report, we want to assess the synergistic effect of both a diuretic and an SGLT-2 inhibitor on the fall event of a patient who is 65 years old and has a history of repeated falls before. After we modified the medications appropriately, she ...
| Abstract | With this case report, we want to assess the synergistic effect of both a diuretic and an SGLT-2 inhibitor on the fall event of a patient who is 65 years old and has a history of repeated falls before. After we modified the medications appropriately, she has never experienced a fall event again. So as we know, older adults do not take fall events as a pathological condition instead of a normal physiological aging process. So primary-care physicians should question the fall history of an older patient before starting a drug such as SGLT-2 inhibitors, which is known as an agent that has side effects including falls, dehydration, etc. |
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| Keywords | aged ; dehydration ; diabetes mellitus ; sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitors ; Medicine ; R |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Publisher | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
| Document type | Article ; Online |
| Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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