Potential drug-drug interactions in elderly patients presenting with syncope

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-162

  Gaeta, Theodore J ^a   Fiorini, Melissa ^a   Ender, Kimberly ^a   Bove, Joseph ^a   Diaz, Jose ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug interactions; Elderly; Syncope

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG INTERACTION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RISK; SYNCOPE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0036179994     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(01)00471-1     Document Type: Article

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