New loop diuretic prescriptions may be an acute risk factor for falls in the nursing home

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 560-563

  Berry, Sarah D ^a   Mittleman, Murray A ^a   Zhang, Yuqing ^b   Solomon, Daniel H ^c   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a   Mostofsky, Elizabeth ^a   Goldense, Dana ^a   Kiel, Douglas P ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diuretic; Fall; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM POTASSIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS;

EID: 84862826837     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3256     Document Type: Article

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