Medication, dizziness, and falls in hospital in-patients 75 years and older;ARZNEIMITTELVERORDNUNGEN, SCHWINDEL UND STURZE BEI UBER 75JAHRIGEN KRANKENHAUSPATIENTEN

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 286-289

  Von Renteln Kruse, W ^a   Micol, W ^b   Oster, P ^b   Schlierf, G ^b  

^a ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b Bethanien Krankenhauses Geriatrisches Zentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dizziness; Elderly hospital in patients; Falls; Medications

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRATE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; SYMPTOM; VERTIGO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIZZINESS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032135622     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003910050047     Document Type: Article

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