The Spectrum of Medical Illness and Medication Use Among Residents of Assisted Living Facilities in Central Maryland

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 558-564

  McNabney, Matthew K ^a   Samus, Quincy M ^a   Lyketsos, Constantine G ^a,b   Brandt, Jason ^a,b   Onyike, Chiadi U ^a,b   Baker, Alva ^b   Rosenblatt, Adam ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Copper Ridge Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living facilities; chronic medical illness; medications

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; EYE DROPS; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BONE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52749085248     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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