Polypharmacy and falls in the middle age and elderly population

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 218-223

  Ziere, G ^a   Dieleman, J P ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Pols, H A P ^a   Van Der Cammen, T J M ^a   Stricker, B H Ch ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Drug Safety Unit   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Geriatric medicine; Pharmaco epidemiology; Polypharmacy; Risk drugs

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE DERIVATIVE; ANILIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; ANTIVERTIGO AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BILE ACID SEQUESTRANT; BIOFLAVONOID; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPA; DOPAMINE DERIVATIVE; ENEMA; ERGOT ALKALOID; HYDANTOIN DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IRON DERIVATIVE; LAXATIVE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; MULTIVITAMIN; OXICAM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; PROLACTOSTATIN; QUININE; QUININE DERIVATIVE; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DRUG USE; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATIFICATION; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYPHARMACY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33644922935     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2005.02543.x     Document Type: Article

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