Undesirable drug effects in the elderly: Epidemiology and prevention;Les effets indesirables des medicaments chez le sujet age: Epidemiologie et prevention

Presse Medicale

Volumn 28, Issue 32, 1999, Pages 1789-1793

  Doucet, J ^a   Capet, C ^b   Jego A ^b   Trivalle, C ^b   Noel D ^b   Chassagne, P ^b   Bercoff, E ^b  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; DIGITALIS; DISOPYRAMIDE; LITHIUM; METHYLDOPA; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BLEEDING; CONFUSION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; NEPHROTOXICITY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE; AGED; DRUG THERAPY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE;

EID: 0033598523     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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