Adverse drug reactions in elderly patients as contributing factor for hospital admission: Cross sectional study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7115, 1997, Pages 1057-1058

  Mannesse, Cyndie K ^a,b   Derkx, Frans H M ^a,b   De Ridder, Maria A J ^c   Man In 'T Veld, Arie J ^a,b   Van Der Cammen, Tischa J M ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dept of Int and Geriatric Medicine ^*

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIURETIC AGENT; DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030715678     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7115.1057     Document Type: Article

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