Pilot Study of Inappropriate Medications and Balance: A Study in a Continuous Care Center

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 545-

  Takahashi, Paul Y ^a   North, Frederick ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; DRUG;

AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; WALKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MEDICATION ERROR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 35348977857     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.06.010     Document Type: Letter

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