Association of polypharmacy with fall-related fractures in older Taiwanese people: Age- and gender-specific analyses

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Pan, Hsueh Hsing ^a,b   Li, Chung Yi ^c,d   Chen, Tzeng Ji ^e   Su, Tung Ping ^e   Wang, Kwua Yun ^b,e,f  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; INSULIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; VITAMIN; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALL RELATED FRACTURE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALIZATION; ODDS RATIO; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84897492408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004428     Document Type: Article

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