Adverse drug reactions in older patients during hospitalisation: Are they predictable?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 771-776

  O'Connor, Marie N ^a,b   Gallagher, Paul ^a,b   Byrne, Stephen ^c   O'Mahony, Denis ^a,b  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Elderly; GerontoNet ADR risk score; Hospitalisation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIURETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONSULTATION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FALLING; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84867806149     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs046     Document Type: Article

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