Exposure to anticholinergic and sedative drugs, risk of falls, and mortality: An elderly inpatient, multicenter cohort

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 565-570

  Dauphinot, Virginie ^a   Faure, Rémi ^b   Omrani, Sélim ^b   Goutelle, Sylvain ^b,c   Bourguignon, Laurent ^b,c   Krolak Salmon, Pierre ^a,c   Mouchoux, Christelle ^a,b,c  

^a Hopital des Charpennes CHU de Lyon   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

aging; anticholinergic drugs; falls; safety management; sedative drugs

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INPATIENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84907423440     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: 1533712X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000000195     Document Type: Article

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