Older adults' medication use 6 months before and after hip fracture: A population-based cohort study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 863-868

  Kragh, Annika ^a,c,d   Elmståhl, Sölve ^a,c   Atroshi, Isam ^b,d  

^a Division of Geriatric Medicine   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Hassleholm Kristianstad Hospitals   (Sweden)

Author keywords

elderly; fall risk; hip fracture; medication; osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CORTICOSTEROID; FUROSEMIDE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXAZEPAM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; VITAMIN D; ZOPICLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; SWEDEN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DIPHOSPHONATES; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK; SWEDEN; VITAMIN D;

EID: 79956021641     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03372.x     Document Type: Article

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