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Original article

First morning standing up may be risky in acutely ill older inpatients

Oleg Gorelik Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel‐Aviv University), Zerifin, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gregory Fishlev Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel‐Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
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Vita Litvinov Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel‐Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
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Dorit Almoznino‐Sarafian Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel‐Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
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Irena Alon Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel‐Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
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Miriam Shteinshnaider Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel‐Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
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Shulamit Chachashvily Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel‐Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
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David Modai Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel‐Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
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Natan Cohen Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel‐Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
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Pages 139-143 | Received 03 Nov 2004, Accepted 12 Jan 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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