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Preventing falls in older people in the community
Screening for BPPV in falls: an easy but big clinical “win”
BMJ 2016; 353 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i3004 (Published 01 June 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;353:i3004
- Barry M Seemungal, consultant neurologist/neuro-otologist and senior lecturer
- St Mary’s and Charing Cross Hospitals, Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London W6 8RF, UK
- b.seemungal{at}imperial.ac.uk
It is surprising that Vieira and colleagues do not mention benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) in their article on falls’ prevention in older people.1 BPPV causes falls,2 it is common—affecting …
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