Use of benzodiazepines according to the admission diagnosis;Utilización de benzodiacepinas según el motivo de ingreso

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 531-534

  Formiga, Francesc ^a   Duaso, Enric ^b   Ruiz, Domingo ^c   San José, Antonio ^d   Urrutia, Agustín ^e   López Soto, Alfonso ^f  

^a Servicio de Medicina Nuclear   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Geriatria   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Cognitive impairment; Elderly; Functional capability

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CHARLSON INDEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DRUG USE; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PFEIFFER TEST; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 84867855021     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2012.05.037     Document Type: Article

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