Fracture risk in nursing home residents initiating antipsychotic medications

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 715-722

  Rigler, Sally K ^a   Shireman, Theresa I ^a   Cook Wiens, Galen J ^b   Ellerbeck, Edward F ^a   Whittle, Jeffrey C ^c   Mehr, David R ^d   Mahnken, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

antipsychotic; fracture; nursing home

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROPENSITY SCORE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877974215     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12216     Document Type: Article

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