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ArticleCureus2023

Injurious Fall in an Elderly Chronic Heroin Addict During a Syncopal Episode.

Essence Maita, Girisha Bodavula, Aminat Bello, Rody Chehade, Sandesh Kuchipudi

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Essence MaitaInternal Medicine, Saint James School of Medicine, Saint Vincent, VCT.
Girisha BodavulaInternal Medicine, St. George's University School of Medicine, University Centre Grenada, GRD.
Aminat BelloInternal Medicine, St. George's University School of Medicine, University Centre Grenada, GRD.
Rody ChehadeInternal Medicine, St. George's University School of Medicine, University Centre Grenada, GRD.
Sandesh KuchipudiInternal Medicine, Loretto Hospital, Chicago, USA.
St. George's School · USSaint Francis University · USSaint Vincent Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The risk factors and related negative outcomes associated with falls in the elderly population have been widely researched. Falls in the elderly population can lead to decreased independence and an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Concomitant factors that can increase the risks of falls in the elderly include polypharmacy, vision impairment, syncope, hyporeflexia, and drug use. Presented is the case of a 79-year-old African American female who arrived at the emergency department after experiencing a syncopal episode at her home. The episode resulted in a non-fatal injurious fall. This case report examines the relationship between chronic drug use in an elderly patient and its predilection for syncopal episodes, which led to a non-fatal injurious fall.

Indexed as

drug addictionelderly fallsemergency medicine and traumafall assessmentfall preventiongeriatric injuriesheroinopioidsyncopal episodeunexplained syncope

Identifiers

PMID37214010
PMCPMC10192483
OpenAlexW4366293208

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Registered trials

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