Meta-analysis of the impact of 9 medication classes on falls in elderly persons

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1952-1960

  Woolcott, John C ^a,c,d,e   Richardson, Kathryn J ^c   Wiens, Matthew O ^a   Patel, Bhavini ^f   Marin, Judith ^g   Khan, Karim M ^b,e   Marra, Carlo A ^a,c,d,e  

^a Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (Canada)

^b Department of Family Practice ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR HEALTH EVALUATION AND OUTCOME SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR HIP HEALTH AND MOBILITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGING; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIAL; FALLING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BAYES THEOREM; BENZODIAZEPINES; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIURETICS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; NARCOTICS; ODDS RATIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 73249116989     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.357     Document Type: Review

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