Drug-related falls in older patients: Implicated drugs, consequences, and possible prevention strategies

Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 147-154

  de Jong, Marlies R ^a   Van Der Elst, Maarten ^a   Hartholt, Klaas A ^a,b  

^a REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

accidental falls; aged; drugs; falls; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BONE DENSITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FALL RISK; FALLING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGERIATRIC NURSING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84890220203     PISSN: 20420986     EISSN: 20420994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2042098613486829     Document Type: Article

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