Association of polypharmacy with fall risk among geriatric outpatients

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 438-444

  Kojima, Taro ^a   Akishita, Masahiro ^a   Nakamura, Tetsuro ^b   Nomura, Kazushi ^a   Ogawa, Sumito ^a   Iijima, Katsuya ^a   Eto, Masato ^a   Ouchi, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Research Institute of Aging Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fall; Polypharmacy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPNOTIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SULFONYLUREA; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; POLYPHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80053259446     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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