Drug-drug interactions related to hospital admissions in older adults: A prospective study of 1000 patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 944-948

  Doucet, J ^a,b   Chassagne, P ^a   Trivalle, C ^a   Landrin, I ^a   Pauty, M D ^a   Kadri, N ^a   Menard J F ^a   Bercoff, E ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029844498     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01865.x     Document Type: Article

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