Drugs and falls: Rethinking the approach to medication risk in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1744-1745

  Agostini, Joseph V ^a,b   Tinetti, Mary E ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; FALLING; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POLYPHARMACY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; VERTIGO;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036799385     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50472.x     Document Type: Editorial

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