Contribution of adverse drug reactions to hospital admission of older patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-39

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

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Falls; Hospital admission; Kramer's algorithm; Old age; Risk indicators

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DRUG CHOICE; FALLING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033984589     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/29.1.35     Document Type: Article

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