Epidemiology of drug-disease interactions in older veteran nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 77-84

  Aspinall, Sherrie L ^a,b,c   Zhao, Xinhua ^b   Semla, Todd P ^a,d,e   Cunningham, Francesca E ^a   Paquin, Allison M ^b   Pugh, Mary Jo ^b,f   Schmader, Kenneth E ^g,h   Stone, Roslyn A ^b,i   Hanlon, Joseph T ^b,c,j  

^a Veterans Affairs Pharmacy Benefits Management   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Beers criteria; Drug disease interactions; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRUG INTERACTION; FALLING; HIP FRACTURES; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NURSING HOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PEPTIC ULCER; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84925258856     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13197     Document Type: Article

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