National veterans health administration hospitalizations for syncope compared to acute myocardial infarction, fracture, or pneumonia in community-dwelling elders: Outpatient medication and comorbidity profiles

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 613-619

  French, Dustin D ^a   Campbell, Robert ^a   Spehar, Andrea ^a,b   Rubenstein, Laurence Z ^c   Accomando, John ^a   Cunningham, Francesca ^d  

^a James A Haley Veterans Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Drugs; Hospitalization; Pharmacovigilance; Syncope; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; SYNCOPE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTPATIENTS; PNEUMONIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 33745241807     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091270006288452     Document Type: Article

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