Comparative study of modified release alpha-blocker exposure in elderly patients with fractures

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 901-907

  Hall, Gillian C ^a,c   McMahon, Alex D ^b  

^a Grimsdyke House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha blockers; Case control study; Elderly; Fractures

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DOXAZOSIN; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYPNOTIC AGENT; INDORAMIN; METHOTREXATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PRAZOSIN; TAMSULOSIN; TERAZOSIN; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GENDER; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HYPERTENSION; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PSYCHOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEIZURE; UNITED KINGDOM; WRIST FRACTURE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOXAZOSIN; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, BONE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 34548317534     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1402     Document Type: Article

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