Iatrogenic fall in over-65s;IATROGENER STURZ

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 576-583

  Staubli M ^a  

^a Medizinische Abteilung   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BROMAZEPAM; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DIAZEPAM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLURAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROXYZINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OXAZEPAM; THIORIDAZINE; TRIAZOLAM;

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROWSINESS; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CONFUSION; DIURETICS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE;

EID: 0029921614     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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