Frequent use of opioids in patients with dementia and nursing home residents: A study of the entire elderly population of Denmark

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 691-699

  Jensen Dahm, Christina ^a   Gasse, Christiane ^b   Astrup, Aske ^b   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^b,c   Waldemar, Gunhild ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c 8210 Aarhus v   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Buprenorphine; Dementia; Elderly; Fentanyl; Opioids; Pain

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; TRAMADOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; MEDICAL STAFF; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BUPRENORPHINE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84931568347     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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