Danish register-based study on the association between specific antipsychotic drugs and fractures in elderly individuals

Age and Ageing

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 258-265

  Torstensson, Maia ^a   Leth Møller, Katja ^a   Andersson, Charlotte ^b   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^c   Gislason, Gunnar Hilmar ^b,d   Holm, Ellen Astrid ^a  

^a NYKØBING FALSTER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Falls; Fractures; Older people; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CHLORPROTHIXENE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLUPENTIXOL; HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GERONTOLOGY; HAND FRACTURE; HUMAN; ILIUM FRACTURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM FRACTURE; SELF CONCEPT; SHOULDER FRACTURE; SMOKING; TREATMENT DURATION; WRIST FRACTURE; AGE; DENMARK; FALLING; INCIDENCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85019621073     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw209     Document Type: Article

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