Withdrawal of fall-risk-increasing drugs in older persons: Effect on tilt-table test outcomes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 734-739

  Van Der Velde, Nathalie ^a   Van Den Meiracker, Anton H ^a   Pols, Huibert A P ^a   Stricker, Bruno H Ch ^a   Van Der Cammen, Tischa J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid sinus hypersensitivity; Fall risk increasing drugs; Falls; Older persons; Orthostatic hypotension; Vasovagal collapse

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID SINUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CAROTID SINUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 34247576902     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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