Reducing fall risk while managing hypotension, pain, and poor sleep in an 83-year-old woman

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1300-1305

  Farrell, Barbara ^a,b,c   Shamji, Salima ^a,b   Ingar, Nafisa ^c  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLOPIDOGREL; COCODAMOL; CODEINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FERRITIN; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROMORPHONE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE; MACROGOL; METOPROLOL; OPIATE; OXAZEPAM; PANTOPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; RABEPRAZOLE; RAMIPRIL; VITAMIN D; ZOPICLONE;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANKLE EDEMA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC PAIN; COUGHING; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY EYE; EVENING DOSAGE; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MORNING DOSAGE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REBOUND; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK REDUCTION; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; THORAX PAIN; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC PAIN; DYSSOMNIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING;

EID: 84890363277     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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