Drugs and falls in community-dwelling older people: a national veterans study

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 619-630

  French, Dustin D ^a   Campbell, Robert ^a   Spehar, Andrea ^a,b   Cunningham, Francesca ^c,d   Bulat, Tatjana ^a   Luther, Stephen L ^a  

^a James A Haley Veterans Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

accidental falls; chest pain; patient safety; pharmaco epidemiology; veterans

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPRAZOLAM; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CLONAZEPAM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MECLOZINE; METHAZOLAMIDE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; SENESCENCE; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX PAIN; VETERAN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646870125     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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