Relationship between potentially inappropriate anticholinergic drugs (PIADs) and adverse outcomes among elderly patients in Taiwan

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Kuang Hua ^a   Chan, Yi Fang ^a,b   Shih, Hung Che ^c,d   Lee, Chien Ying ^c,d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUANG TIEN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs); Adverse outcomes; Anticholinergic risk scale (ARS); Elderly patients; Potentially inappropriate anticholinergic drugs (PIADs)

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; DELIRIUM; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 84875197547     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6227/jfda.2012200423     Document Type: Article

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