Chemical restraints in nursing homes in the federal state Vorarlberg, Austria - An analysis of nursing home documentation according to legal obligation and suggestions for future improvement;Medikamentöse Freiheitsbeschränkung in Pflegeheimen im Bundesland Vorarlberg, Österreich: Analyse der ersten Meldungen und Implikationen für eine zukünftige sachgerechte Verwirklichung der gesetzlichen Meldepflicht

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 158, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 489-492

  Mann, Eva ^a   Meyer, Gabriele ^b  

^a Allgemeinpraxis und Institut für Versorgungsforschung   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; Chemical restraint; Inappropriate medication; Nursing home; OBRA criteria

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMITRIPTYLINE PLUS PERPHENAZINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE PLUS CLIDINIUM BROMIDE; CLORAZEPATE; DIAZEPAM; DOXEPIN; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; HALAZEPAM; LIMBITROL; MEPROBAMATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; TRANEXENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; EPILEPSY; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LAW; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AUSTRIA; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; DIAZEPAM; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; NURSING HOMES; TRANQUILIZING AGENTS;

EID: 52949118050     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-008-0549-4     Document Type: Article

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