Benzodiazepine use and mortality of incident dialysis patients in the United States

Kidney International

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1388-1393

  Winkelmayer, W C ^a   Mehta, J ^a   Wang, P S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Benzodiazepines; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Drug safety; Omega receptor agonists; Zolpidem

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; DIAZEPAM; ESTAZOLAM; FLURAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; OMEGA RECEPTOR AGONIST; OXAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248973712     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002548     Document Type: Article

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