Medical conditions and medications as risk factors of falls in the inpatient older people: A case-control study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 602-607

  Chang, Chia Ming ^a   Chen, Ming Jen ^a   Tsai, Chun Yu ^b   Ho, Lun Hui ^a   Hsieh, Hsing Ling ^c   Chau, Yeuk Lun ^a   Liu, Chia Yih ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SAINT PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

fall; inpatient; medical conditions; medication; older people

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FLURAZEPAM; NARCOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT; ZOLPIDEM;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CATARACT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953833792     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2569     Document Type: Article

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