A retrospective analysis of adverse events in the elderly in a tertiary referral center in Mumbai (Bombay), India

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 167-173

  Rupawala, Abbas ^a   Kshirsagar, Nilima ^a   Gogtay, Nithya ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Beers criteria; Elderly; Inappropriate medications

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLOROQUINE; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; INSULIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYTOIN; SULFONYLUREA; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 67749130886     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.53161     Document Type: Article

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