New insights: Dose-response relationship between psychotropic drugs and falls: A study in nursing home residents with dementia

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 947-955

  Sterke, Carolyn S ^a,b   Van Beeck, Ed F ^b   Van Der Velde, Nathalie ^b   Ziere, Gijsbertus ^b   Petrovic, Mirko ^c   Looman, Caspar W N ^b   Van Der Cammen, Tischa J M ^b  

^a De StromenOpmaatGroep   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

dementia; dose dependency; falls; nursing homes; Psychotropic drugs

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861819374     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091270011405665     Document Type: Review

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