Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and hyponatraemia in the elderly [2]

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 590-591

  Wee, Rohan ^a   Lim, Wen Kwang ^a  

^a Bundoora Extended Care Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3042858690     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1096     Document Type: Letter

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