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5.8.3. Atrial fibrillation (AF)
Sander et al. evaluated 442 patients who came to the emergency room with a fall and divided them into those with an accidental fall (e.g., tripping, slipping) and those with a non-accidental fall. There was a higher prevalence of AF in patients with non-accidental falls compared to the patients with accidental fall (26% vs. 15%, P = 0.01). The study also identified AF as an independent risk factor for non-accidental falls in elderly patients. The underlying mechanisms that may explain the above findings include decreased cardiac output, co-existing sinus-node disease, and impaired baroreflex in patients with AF. The same study reported that there was a significantly greater incidence of hypertension in the group with non-accidental falls versus accidental falls (63% vs. 51%, P = 0.01).
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