Potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized older adults: A DUE using the full Beers criteria

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Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 326-339

  Hale, La Donna S ^a,b   Griffin, Audrey E ^a   Cartwright, Olivia M ^a   Moulin, Joshua ^a   Alford, Shane J ^a   Fleming, Ryan M ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMLODIPINE; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; CLOPIDOGREL; CLORAZEPATE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DICYCLOVERINE; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXAZOSIN; HYDROXYZINE; HYOSCYAMINE; KETOROLAC; LORAZEPAM; METAXALONE; NITROFURANTOIN; ORPHENADRINE; OXYBUTYNIN; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE; TEMAZEPAM; TOLTERODINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 53849107512     PISSN: 1082801X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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