Adverse drug reaction-related hospitalizations of nursing facility patients: A 4-year study

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 485-490

  Cooper, James W ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; CLORAZEPATE; CODEINE; DESIPRAMINE; DIAZEPAM; DIGOXIN; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROXYZINE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; INSULIN; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PHENYTOIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TEMAZEPAM; TERPIN HYDRATE; TETRACYCLINE; THIORIDAZINE; TIOTIXENE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; POLYPHARMACY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIGOXIN; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; NURSING HOMES; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS;

EID: 0032950273     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199905000-00007     Document Type: Article

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