Falls and Fractures

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 276-278

  Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VITAMIN D; WARFARIN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGORITHM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DELIRIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; FALLING; FRACTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; SYNCOPE;

EID: 34249933478     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.04.008     Document Type: Editorial

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