Avaliação de quedas em idosos

Última revisão: 12 Oct 2025
Última atualização: 10 Jun 2025

Resumo

Diagnósticos diferenciais

comuns

  • Acidente vascular cerebral (AVC)
  • Ataque isquêmico transitório
  • Torção/instabilidade de articulação/anormalidade mecânica da marcha
  • Falta de condicionamento físico
  • Osteossarcopenia
  • Efeitos de medicamentos ou polimedicação
  • Riscos ambientais ou domésticos
  • Comprometimento visual
  • Neuropatia sensorial periférica
Detalhes completos

Incomuns

  • Disfunção vestibular
  • Anormalidades da marcha
  • Demência
  • Delirium
  • Depression
  • Convulsão
  • Hematoma subdural
  • Síncope
  • Hipotensão ortostática
  • Uso indevido de substâncias
  • Sensibilidade sinusal da carótida
  • Hipotensão pós-prandial
Detalhes completos

Colaboradores

Autores

Ronan Factora, MD, FACP, AGSF

Associate Professor

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program Director

Center for Geriatric Medicine, Medicine Institute

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland

OH

Disclosures

RF declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

David Thomas, MD

Professor of Medicine

Division of Geriatric Medicine

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis

MO

Disclosures

DT declares that he has no competing interests.

Adam Darowski, MA, MBBS, MD, FRCP

Consultant Physician

Nuffield Department of Medicine

John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford

UK

Disclosures

AD declares that he has no competing interests.

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Key articles

Brignole M, Moya A, de Lange FJ; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2018 ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope. Eur Heart J. 2018 Jun 1;39(21):1883-948.Full text  Abstract

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fact sheet: risk factors for falls. 2017 [internet publication].Full text

US Preventive Services Task Force; Nicholson WK, Silverstein M, et al. Interventions to prevent falls in community-dwelling older adults: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. JAMA. 2024 Jul 2;332(1):51-7. Abstract

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