Laxatives as a risk factor for iatrogenic falls in elderly subjects: Myth or reality?

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 895-901

  Bloch, Frédéric ^a,b   Thibaud, Marie ^b   Dugué, Benoit ^b   Brèque, Cyril ^b   Rigaud, Anne Sophie ^a   Kemoun, Gilles ^b,c  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c Fondation hospitaliere Sainte Marie   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Injuries; Laxatives, therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FALLING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BED REST; CAUSALITY; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77958559566     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11584280-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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