Analysis of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) in nursing homes in Central Taiwan

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-107

  Liao, Hui Ling ^a,b   Chen, Jin Tang ^b   Ma, Tso Chiang ^a   Chang, Yuan Shiun ^a,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FENG YUAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Drug safety; Drug drug interactions (DDIs); Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMILORIDE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CAPTOPRIL; CARDIAC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GLIMEPIRIDE; HORMONE; MINERAL; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PERIPHERAL VASODILATING AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 44449131031     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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