Survey on geriatricians' experiences of adverse drug reactions caused by potentially inappropriate medications: Commission report of the Japan Geriatrics Society

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-7

  Akishita, Masahiro ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^b   Arai, Hidenori ^c   Inamatsu, Takashi ^d   Kuzuya, Masafumi ^e   Suzuki, Yusuke ^e   Teramoto, Shinji ^f   Mizukami, Katsuyoshi ^g   Morimoto, Shigeto ^h   Toba, Kenji ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^h KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Beers list; Geriatrician; Polypharmacy; Side effect

Indexed keywords

ALFACALCIDOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPIN 2 ONE DERIVATIVE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CLONIDINE; DIGOXIN; ESTROGEN; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IRON; ISOXSUPRINE; LAXATIVE; METHYLDOPA; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RESERPINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; THYROID HORMONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICATION ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; DRUG TOXICITY; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEDICATION ERRORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 78650232639     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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