Iatrogenic benzodiazepine withdrawal delirium in hospitalized older patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1020-1022

  Moss, Jay H ^a,b   Lanctôt, Krista L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DATA BASE; DELIRIUM; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PSYCHOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031855724     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02761.x     Document Type: Article

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