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🚨 High-Risk Patients: Screen BEFORE They Fall
Prioritize orthostatic assessment for:
• Age >65 (prevalence up to 30%)
• Multiple BP medications (additive hypotensive effects)
• Diabetes mellitus (autonomic neuropathy)
• Parkinson's disease (autonomic dysfunction)
• History of falls (OH may be the undiagnosed cause)
• New BP medication started
• Recent hospitalization (deconditioning)
Don't wait for the fall to order the test. Screen proactively.