Benzodiazepine use in patients hospitalized in a department of internal medicine: Frequency and clinical correlates

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 531-535

  Lagnaoui, Rajaa ^a   Moore, Nicholas ^a   Longy Boursier, Maïté ^b   Baumevieille, Marie ^a   Bégaud, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiolytics; Benzodiazepines; Drug utilization; Hospital prescribing; Hypnotics

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BROMAZEPAM; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; CLOTIAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ESTAZOLAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LOFLAZEPATE; LOPRAZOLAM; LORMETAZEPAM; NITRAZEPAM; NORDAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; PRAZEPAM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TEMAZEPAM; TOFISOPAM; TRIAZOLAM; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HALF LIFE TIME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0035700811     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.621     Document Type: Article

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