Relationship between anticholinergic drug use and one-year outcome among elderly people hospitalised in medical wards via emergency department: The safes cohort study

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 766-771

  Narbey, D ^a   Jolly, D ^a,b   Mahmoudi, R ^a,b   Trenque, T ^a,b   Blanchard, F ^a,b   Novella, J L ^a,b   Dramé, Moustapha ^a,b  

^a Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Anticholinergics; elderly; mortality; nursing home placement; propensity score

Indexed keywords

ALIMEMAZINE; ALVERINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BIPERIDEN; CARBACHOL; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; CYAMEMAZINE; DOSULEPIN; FENOTEROL; FLUPHENAZINE; HYDROXYZINE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; MAPROTILINE; MEQUITAZINE; MIRTAZAPINE; OXYBUTYNIN; PERICIAZINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84888004426     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0349-4     Document Type: Article

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