Oxcarbazepine and risk of falls among psychiatric inpatients [4]

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1623-1624

  Merrill, Michael D ^a,b   Belz, John R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b South Buffalo Mercy Hospital   (United States)

^c School of Pharmacy at the University

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; OXCARBAZEPINE;

ADULT; AGED; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; RISK; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 29044450872     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.12.1623     Document Type: Letter

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