Medications Prescribed by Specialists in Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 137-138

  Drinka, Paul J ^a  

^a Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DANTROLENE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; ORPHAN DRUG; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TIZANIDINE;

AGITATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG INDICATION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING HOME; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SPASTICITY; TELECONSULTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 39149110578     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.11.004     Document Type: Editorial

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