Use of medications with anticholinergic effect predicts clinical severity of delirium symptoms in older medical inpatients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1099-1105

  Han, Ling ^a   McCusker, Jane ^a   Cole, Martin ^a   Abrahamowicz, Michal ^a,b   Primeau, François ^a   Élie, Michel ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COCODAMOL; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; DIMENHYDRINATE; FENTANYL; FLUVOXAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; LOPERAMIDE; METOPROLOL; MORPHINE; PAROXETINE; PETHIDINE; RANITIDINE; RISPERIDONE; THIORIDAZINE;

AGED; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034920302     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.8.1099     Document Type: Article

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