The anticholinergic drug scale as a measure of drug-related anticholinergic burden: Associations with serum anticholinergic activity

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1481-1486

  Carnahan, Ryan M ^a   Lund, Brian C ^b   Perry, Paul J ^c,d   Pollock, Bruce G ^e   Gulp, Kennith R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital   (United States)

^c TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticholinergic drug scale; Anticholinergics; Serum anticholinergic activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICHOLINERGIC DRUG SCALE; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; REPLICATION STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750720279     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091270006292126     Document Type: Article

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